Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who died on Sunday aged 83 ... happy to retain the Queen's head on their currency and to see their young men join the British Army. Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A three-day state funeral has begun in Suva for Fiji's former leader Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. The capital of the South Pacific nation was brought to a standstill by thousands of well-wishers who turned ...

Fijians stood as one on Friday to farewell their country's greatest leader Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, achieving for a short time at least his dream of a united nation. Suva's Albert Park was a sea of ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who was removed as President of Fiji following the recent coup, has said that if Indians are forced to leave the country, outer islanders such as himself would also leave.

Looting and rioting break out in Suva. The president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, declares a state of emergency. May 23: Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs calls for the prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry ...

Kamisese Kapaiwai ... Prime Minister. Mara assumed the role of Vice-President although, constitutionally, the post did not exist. On the death of the first President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau ...

Alexander Downer: It is with great regret that I learned this morning of the death of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the former President of Fiji, on 18 April. Ratu Mara was a key figure in the building ...