Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 83. Mara, a former Rhodes scholar who led ...

This dual world was the province of Kamisese Mara. For the 30 years in ... manners that became a world statesman. Perhaps only Ratu Mara could have politely played the cold-war game of sometimes ...

Alexander Downer: It is with great regret that I learned this morning of the death of Ratu Sir Kamisese ... condolences to Ratu Mara's wife, Adi Lady Lala Mara and their children.

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and a dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died, New Zealand media reported Monday. He was 83.

SUVA: Fiji's rebels still holding 27 captives from the ousted elected government believe that President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara ... and vehicles by Ratu Mara's children. "This is a question the ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, considered to be founding father of modern Fiji, died Sunday at the age of 83, report agencies. The elder statesman, who had just returned from from New Zealand ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who died on Sunday aged 83, became President of Fiji in 1994 after earlier serving as a district officer and then the first Prime Minister of the South Seas dominion.

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who died on Sunday aged 83, became President of Fiji in 1994 after earlier serving as a district officer and then the first Prime Minister of the South Seas dominion.