Fijian military officer and politician (1951–2023)
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Brigadier-General RatuEpeli Ganilau, MC, MSD, (10 October 1951 – 23 March 2023) was a Fijian military officer and politician. His career previously encompassed such roles as Commander of the Fiji Military Forces[1] and Chairman of the Bose Levu Vakaturaga (Great Council of Chiefs). On 15 January 2007 he was sworn in as Minister for Fijian Affairs in the interim Cabinet formed in the wake of the 2006 Fijian coup d'état which deposed the Qarase government on 5 December 2006.[2][3]
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press about her family and the government. Ganilau married former National Alliance Party leader Ratu EpeliGanilau in 1973. He was the son of the late Governor-General...
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