Ratu ''Ratu'' () is an Austronesian title used by male Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, ''adi'' (pronounced ), is used by females of chiefly rank. In the Malay language, the title ''ratu'' is also the traditional honorific title to re ...

Kiniviliame Taukeinikoro is a Fijian Chief and former political leader. From 2001 to 2006, he represented the

Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Namosi in the Senate as one of fourteen nominees of the

Great Council of Chiefs The Great Council of Chiefs ''(Bose Levu Vakaturaga'' in Fijian) was a constitutional body in Fiji from 1876 to March 2012. In April 2007, the council was suspended, due to an unworkable relationship with Frank Bainimarama, leader of an "interi ...

. He was a member of the Joint Sector Committee on Economic Services.Hansard
18 October 2004 In the

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of 1999, he was an unsuccessful candidate of the ''

Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated the politics of Fiji in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999. Origins The par ...

'' (SVT) for the Namosi Fijian Communal Constituency in the

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I-Taukei Fijian members of the Senate (Fiji) Living people Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei politicians Fijian chiefs Politicians from Namosi Province Year of birth missing (living people) {{Fiji-politician-stub