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Litia Samanunu Cakobau-Talakuli (1940–2012) was a

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 consis ...

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, politician, and diplomat. The eldest child of Ratu Sir George Cakobau (the late ''

Vunivalu of Bau Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Kaba is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, loosely translated the title means ''Warlord of Bau'' or Root of War. The succession to the title does not follow primogeniture, but the candidate must be a high- ...

'' and

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), Talakuli held a number of senior positions in the Fijian government. She was

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in 1994 and 1995, and was considered as a candidate for the Vice-Presidency in 1997. She became Fiji's High Commissioner to

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and

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and the

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in 1999 Appointed to the Fijian

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in June 2006 as one of nine nominees of the Fijian government, Talakuli was also appointed to the

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as a

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. As the eldest child of the last Vunivalu of Bau, she was considered the most senior chief of the Kubuna Confederacy; however, she was not a member of the Bose Levu Vakaturaga.

Personal life

Talakuli was the eldest child of Ratu Sir George Cakobau (the late 11th ''

'' and

).Genealogy
/ref> Her siblings include Ratu Epenisa Seru Cakobau (half-brother), Ratu George Cakobau, Jr and Adi Litia Qalirea Cakobau. She married

Manasa Talakuli Manasa () is a Hindu goddess of snakes. She is worshipped mainly in Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Lower Assam and other parts of northeastern India and in Uttarakhand, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite, and also for fertility and ...

, who was the first Fijian to be commissioned in the

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References

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