Viliame Cavubati (born 1945 on
Lakeba Island,
Lau) is a former
Fiji
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an politician and
Cabinet Minister
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. He was a member of the
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei.
His first foray into politics was in 1968, when he began working for the then-ruling
Alliance Party. He was
Minister for Works in the government of
Sitiveni Rabuka in the 1990s, but lost the
Lau Fijian Communal Constituency to
Adi Koila Nailatikau in the
1999 parliamentary election.
In February 2006, the
National Alliance Party announced that Cavubati would challenge
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, who held Cavubati's old seat, in the
general election
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held from 6 to 13 May. Cavubati was trounced, gaining less than 7 percent of the vote.
A former schoolteacher, Cavubati was educated at
Queen Victoria School,
and worked first as a field officer and subsequently as traffic officer and wharf manager of Ellington, for the
Fiji Sugar Corporation
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. He w
References
I-Taukei Fijian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji)
1945 births
Living people
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei politicians
Government ministers of Fiji
Alliance Party (Fiji) politicians
National Alliance Party of Fiji politicians
Politicians from Lakeba
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