Timoci Naivaluwaqa (1953 – 16 January 2006) was a

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an trade unionist and a founding member of the Fiji Labour Party in 1985.FLP mourns death of a founding member '' Fiji Times'', p. 4 (19 January 2006) Naivaluwaqa was General Secretary of the

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FHCU from 1999 till his death, and also served as President of the

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. Prior to working for the FHCU, Naivaluwaqa worked in the sugar industry and was based in Labasa. He was married to Susie; they had four children. Naivaluwaqa died of kidney failure on 16 January 2006 at the age of 52.

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