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 ...

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 ... three daughters and two sons. Funeral services are pending.

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and ... A third son was killed in a road accident. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.

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 ...

Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright and Foreign Minister Phil Goff are to attend the state funeral of Fijian statesman Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara on Friday. “Ratu Mara was a distinguished leader ...

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, considered to be founding father of ... Ratu Mara was "the father of our nation," and would be accorded a state funeral, he said.

Prime Minister Helen Clark today expressed New Zealand's deep sympathy to the people of Fiji at the loss of former president Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. "Ratu Mara was a High Chief and a distinguished ...

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.