'' Ratu'' Marika Vukinamualevu Ratoto Latianara (13 March 1913 – 20 August 1983) was a

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an chief and Senator.

Biography

Latianara was born in

Sorokoba Sorokoba () is a village in Bulu District, Ba Province, 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 Ocea ...

on Viti Levu in 1913, the son of Adi Luisa Matai and Ratu Kaliova Vukinamualevu, the Roko Tui of Ba.Ratu Marika Vukinamualevu Ratoto Latianara
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1983, p65 He became a professional boxer in 1932, initially in the middleweight category, before switching to light heavyweight and then heavyweight, becoming national champion in each classification. He retired undefeated in 1937. He then became a sugarcane farmer and was a member of the Fijian Sugar Council.Sugar Council Members
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1962, p16 In 1959 he was appointed Tui Ba, succeeding his elder brother Filimone, who had died a year earlier, and also became a member of Ba Provincial Council. In 1979 he was appointed to the

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by the Great Council of Chiefs. He died in Sorokoba in August 1983.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Latianara, Marika 1913 births People from Ba Province Fijian male boxers Fijian farmers Fijian chiefs Members of the Senate (Fiji) 1983 deaths