Ratu Epeli Nailatikau Na Turaga Mai Naisogolaca [66471]

  General Notes:

Source : Who's Who in Fiji 1990

  Research Notes:

Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Na Turaga Mai Naisogolaca, born 5th July 1941 in Levuka, Deputy Prime Minister, Speaker of the House of Representatives 2001/-, Chairman of the Parliamentary Appropriations Committee and of the House Committee, educated at Bau District School, Draiba Fijian School, Levuka Public School and Queen Victoria School, entered military service and rose through the ranks to Brigadier-General, and was the Commander of the Royal Fiji Military Forces. After the first coup, he retired from the Army and joined the diplomatic service, he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and accredited as Fiji's Ambassador to Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Israel and the Holy See, later appointed as Fiji's Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner to the member states of the South Pacific Forum, before taking up a post as Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade in 1999. After the second coup, he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Fijian Affairs in the interim Cabinet, Speaker of the House of Representatives 2001/-, appointed the UNAIDS Special Representative for the Pacific, married 1981, Adi Koila Mara, born 1953, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and Senator, daughter of Rt. Hon. Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara, 3rd Tui Lau, 7th Tui Nayau, and his wife, Ro Adi Lady Lalabalavu Litia Katoafutoga Tuisawau, Roko Tui Dreketi, and has issue.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister

• Acceded: Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2001. Speaker of the House of Representatives 2001/-

• Acceded. Chairman of the Parliamentary Appropriations Committee and of the House Committee

• Education. Educated at Bau District School, Draiba Fijian School, Levuka Public School and Queen Victoria School,

• Military Service. Entered military service and rose through the ranks to Brigadier-General, and was the Commander of the Royal Fiji Military Forces. After the first coup, he retired from the Army and joined the diplomatic service,

• Acceded: Diplomatic service. he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and accredited as Fiji's Ambassador to Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Israel and the Holy See, later appointed as Fiji's Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner to the member states of the South Pacific Forum, before taking up a post as Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade in 1999

• Acceded: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Fijian Affairs. After the second coup, he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Fijian Affairs in the interim Cabinet,

• Acceded. Appointed the UNAIDS Special Representative for the Pacific,

Epeli married Adi Vasemaca Koila Mara [66472] [MRIN: 551619420], daughter of Rt. Hon. Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara Tui Lau, Tui Nayau [66473] and Ro Adi Lady Lalabalavu Litia Katoafutoga Tuisawau Roko Tui Dreketi [66474], in 1981. (Adi Vasemaca Koila Mara [66472] was born in 1953.)