Ivan Roa Christian (31 May 1919 – 1991) was a politician from

Pitcairn The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ...

. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1976 to 1984.John Carter, ''Pacific Islands Yearbook'' (1984), p. 366 As his surname suggests, he is descended from the original

mutineers Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people (typically of a military, of a crew or of a crew of pirates) to oppose, change, or overthrow an organization to which they were previously loyal. The term is commonly used for a rebellion among memb ...

who settled the island, led by

Fletcher Christian Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS ''Bounty'' during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the ''Bounty'', Christian sei ...

. He is related to a number of other island leaders, including his father Richard Edgar Christian, his uncle

Charles Richard Parkin Christian Charles Richard Parkin Christian (27 November 1883 - 15 September 1971) was a long-serving politician from Pitcairn. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island for eleven years at various times between 1920 and 1957. As is commonly the case wit ...

and his great-grandfather

Thursday October Christian II Thursday October Christian II (1 October 1820 – 27 May 1911)"thePeerage.com - Gonzalo, Rey de Sobrarbe and others" (family tree), April 16, 2006, ''thePeerage.com'' webpage was a Pitcairn Islands political leader. He was the grandson of Fl ...

. Through his marriage to Verna Young, he is the father of

Steve Christian Steven Raymond Christian (born 26 June 1951, Pitcairn Island) is a politician, convicted sex offender and child rapist from the Pitcairn Islands. He was mayor of the islands from 1999 until 2004, when he was removed from office after being fo ...

and Brenda Christian.

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