Kamisese Mara

Politician

1920 – 2004

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Who was 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. He subsequently served as president from 1993 to 2000.

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Born
May 6, 1920
Lomaloma
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Religion
  • Catholicism
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Education
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Wadham College, Oxford
  • University of Otago
  • University of Oxford
  • Knox College, Otago
  • Sacred Heart College, Auckland
Died
Apr 18, 2004
Suva

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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