Inoke Takiveikata (Vice-President)
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Ratu
Inoke Takiveikata served two non-consecutive terms in the 1990s as one of two Vice-Presidents of Fiji
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His first term of office, which he shared with Ratu Sir Josaia Tavaiqia
, was from 1990 to 2 June 1992, when he stepped down in favour of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
. His second term, during which he shared the office initially with Tavaiqia, and later with Ratu Josefa Iloilo
, ran from 12 January 1994 to 18 January 1999, when Iloilo assumed the office on his own.
Takiveikata was a chief from Lasakau on the island of Bau. He is not to be confused with another Ratu Inoke Takiveikata
, also a politician, who in 2004 was convicted of offenses connected with an army mutiny that followed the 2000 coup
.
Ratu
Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, Adi is used by females of chiefly rank.-Etymology:Ra is a prefix in many titles and Tu is simply "chief"...
Inoke Takiveikata served two non-consecutive terms in the 1990s as one of two Vice-Presidents of Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
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His first term of office, which he shared with Ratu Sir Josaia Tavaiqia
Josaia Tavaiqia
Ratu Sir Josaia Tavaiqia was a Fijian chief who served as one of two Vice-President of Fiji from 1990 until his death in 1997. ....
, was from 1990 to 2 June 1992, when he stepped down in favour of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
Kamisese Mara
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. He was Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, the first Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992...
. His second term, during which he shared the office initially with Tavaiqia, and later with Ratu Josefa Iloilo
Josefa Iloilo
Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, CF, MBE, MSD, KStJ was the President of Fiji from 2000 until 2009, excluding a brief period from 5 December 2006 until 4 January 2007 . He held the traditional title of Tui Vuda, the paramount chief of the Vuda district in Ba Province on Fiji's northwest coast...
, ran from 12 January 1994 to 18 January 1999, when Iloilo assumed the office on his own.
Takiveikata was a chief from Lasakau on the island of Bau. He is not to be confused with another Ratu Inoke Takiveikata
Inoke Takiveikata
Ratu Inoke Takiveikata is a Fijian high chief and politician. Since 1997 he has held the title of Qaranivalu, a senior chiefly title in Naitasiri Province...
, also a politician, who in 2004 was convicted of offenses connected with an army mutiny that followed the 2000 coup
Fiji coup of 2000
The Fiji coup of 2000 was a complicated affair involving a civilian putsch by hardline Fijian nationalists against the elected government of a non-native Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, on 19 May 2000, the attempt by President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to assert executive authority on 27 May, and...
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