The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of
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 ...
's
Rewa Province
Rewa is a province of Fiji. With a land area of 272 square kilometers (the smallest of Fiji's provinces), it includes the capital city of Suva (but not most of Suva's suburbs) and is in two parts — one including part of Suva's hinterland to the ...
and of the
Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs.
Details on the title
This title is considered the second most senior in Fiji's
House of Chiefs A House of Chiefs (or ''House of Traditional Leaders'') is a post-colonial assembly, either legislative or advisory, that is recognised by either a national or regional government as consisting of and providing a collective, public voice for an eth ...
. The dynasty holding the title is the
Tuisawau family. Unlike many other chiefly titles, this one is not reserved for males, as it had become a common occurrence among many other parts of Fiji.
Recent history
The present ''Roko Tui Dreketi'' is
Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Tuisawau-Kepa, who was the
Minister for Education in the
Qarase government. She succeeded her late sister
Ro Lady Lala Mara, Fiji's former First Lady, in 2004.
Title holders
* ''Note that the table below contains incomplete information. The period from 1839 through 1845 was a time of conflicting claims to the title.''
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Ro Rawalai, , , ,
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Roko Tabaivalu, , 1825 - 1839, , ? - 1839
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Ro Koroitamana, , 1839, , ? - 1839
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Ro Bativuaka, , 1839, , ? - 1839
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Ro Macanavai, , 1839, , ? - 1839
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Ro Cokanauto, , 1839 - 1841, , 1810 - 1851
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Ro Qaraniqio, , 1839 - 1840, , ? - 26 January 1855
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Ro Banuve, , 1839 - 1845, , ? - December 1845
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Ro Cokanauto, , 1845 - 1851, , (s.a.)
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Ro Qaraniqio, , 1851 - 1855, , (s.a.)
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, 9., ,
Ro B.V. Rabici, , - 1915, ,
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, 12., ,
Ratu Lutunauga Tuisawau, , - 1917, ,
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Ro Emori Bikavanua Logavatu, , 1885–1892, ,
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, 14., ,
George Tuisawau
Ratu George Cokanauto Tuisawau (18 August 1901 – 14 September 1961) was a Fijian chief and politician. He was Roko Tui of Rewa from 1936 until 1961, and spent two decades as a member of the Legislative Council.
Biography
Tuisawau was on 18 ...
, , 1936 - 1961, , 1901 - 1961
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, 15., ,
Lala Mara
Lala may refer to:
Geography
* Lala language (disambiguation) Places
* Lala (Naples Metro), an underground metro station in Naples, Italy
* Lala, Assam, a town in Assam, India
* Lala, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
* Lala, Lanao del ...
, , 1957 - 2004, , 3 January 1931 - 20 July 2004
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, 15., ,
Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Tuisawau Kepa, , 2004–present, , b. 1945
References
*Elites: Choice, Leadership and succession, Chapter 6 Making the Chief – Page 116, By Antonia Pedroso de Lima,
Joao de Pina-Cabral, Published first in 2000 by Berg Editorial Offices, Oxford, U.K
1. Ro Rawalai
2. Ro banuve Bativuaka Lutunauga
External links
Roko Tui Dreketi
Roko Tui Dreketi
The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fiji's Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs.
Details on the title
This title is considered the second most senior in Fiji's House of Chiefs. The dynasty holding t ...