Ratu Epenisa Seru Cakobau (pronounced ) is a

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

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. Cakobau is a senior member of the ''

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'' clan and a high chief on the island of Bau. The son of the late Ratu Sir George Cakobau (1912–1989), the former 11th

Vunivalu of Bau Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Kaba is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, loosely translated the title means ''Warlord of Bau'' or Root of War. The succession to the title does not follow primogeniture, but the candidate must be a high-r ...

(Paramount Chief of

Kubuna Kubuna is one of the three ''confederacies'' that make up Fiji's House of Chiefs (Fiji), House of Chiefs, to which all of Fiji's Ratu, chiefs belong. Details of Kubuna It consists of the provinces of Tailevu Province, Tailevu, Naitasiri Province ...

(1957–1989) and

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(1983-1983), he is also a great-great grandson of Ratu

Seru Epenisa Cakobau Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (; occasionally spelled ''Cacobau'' or phonetically ''Thakombau'') (c.1815 – 1 February 1883) was a Fijian Ratu and warlord ('' Vunivalu'') who united part of Fiji's warring tribes under his leadership, establishing ...

, the warlord who established the first unified Fijian

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in 1871 and ceded it to the

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in 1874. Cakobau has been involved in

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; he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 as a candidate of the ''

Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated the politics of Fiji in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999. Origins The party ...

'' (SVT), representing the open constituency of Tailevu South Lomaiviti, and when the Conservative Alliance, a nationalistic

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was founded in 2001, Cakobau was chosen as its first president. Ratu Epenisa is married to Adi Varanisese of

Batiki Batiki is an island of Fiji belonging to the Lomaiviti Archipelago. The island is of volcanic origin, with a land area of about 12 square kilometers. Its latitude is 17° 47' S; its longitude is 179° 9' W. Its population ...

and has 4 children with her; Ratu Epeli, Ratu Josefa, Adi Salote, Ratu Tevita. He has 8 children in total.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cakobau, Epenisa Fijian chiefs Living people Year of birth missing (living people) I-Taukei Fijian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) Conservative Alliance-Matanitu Vanua politicians Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei politicians Politicians from Bau (island)