First lady of Fiji of very distinguished lineage under president Kaimese Mara
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Ro Lady Lala Mara
RoLala, Lady Mara, maiden name Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau (4 January 1931 – 20 July 2004) was a Fijian chief, who was better known as the widow of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, modern Fiji's founding father who served for many years as Prime Minister and President of his country. As Fiji's First Lady, Adi Lala took on a diplomatic role, frequently representing her country abroad. She was regarded as a formidable and astute woman, whose influence on her husband was said to be considerable.
Ro Lala, Lady Mara, maiden name Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau (4 January 1931 – 20 July 2004) was a Fijian chief, who was better known...
Oxford University, Mara returned to Fiji and had married Ro Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau, better known as Ro Lady LalaMara, on 9 September...
and was regarded as modern Fiji's founding father. Her mother, Ro Lady LalaMara (1931–2004), held the title of Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief of...
have been women: Ro Lady LalaMara (1931-2004), the wife of Fiji's longtime prime minister and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and her sister and successor...
first installed Tui Nayau. The last holder of this title was Ro Lady LalaMara. The following table lists consorts of Tui Nayaus who have held the title...
University of the South Pacific. She succeeded her late sister, former Ro Lady LalaMara, as Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief of Burebasaga, in 2004. This...
(reigned c. 1514) Isabel de Iguanama, Cacica of Higüey (reigned c. 1514) LalaMara, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa (reigned 1957–2004) Teimumu Kepa, the Roko...
hanging of Ratu Mara were secretly nursed by his descendants, but it eventually surfaced during the time of his grandson, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna when he...
Education in the Qarase government. She succeeded her late sister Ro Lady LalaMara, Fiji's former First Lady, in 2004. Note that the table below contains...
contest the election that was to be held in 1992, but his wife, Ro Lady LalaMara, an Adi in her own right as the Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief,...
(1973-1983) Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (founding father; Prime Minister 1967-1992; President 1993-2000). Ro Lady LalaMara (2nd cousin and wife of Ratu Sir...
resignation, possibly forced, of the President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in 2005 was celebrated in 19 centers around Fiji, including...
Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, was the son of the Bauan noble and rebel leader Ratu Mara Kapaiwai. After joining the Audit Office as a clerk at an early age, Ratu...
Dreketi is Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Kepa, who succeeded her late sister, Ro Lady LalaMara, a former First Lady of Fiji, in 2004. Kepa was also Minister of Education...
(acting) Succeeded by Adi Koila Mara In office 13 July 2000 – 5 December 2006 President Josefa Iloilo Preceded by LalaMara Succeeded by Maria Makitalena...
government of responsibility for the death of former First Lady Ro Lady LalaMara. He alleged that sources close to her family had told him she had suffered...
Honours. Tuisawau died on 14 September 1961 at the age of 60. His daughter Lala succeeded him as Roko Tui of Rewa. Jonathan Fraenkel & Stewart Firth (2007)...
cancer. Adi Lady LalaMara, 73, Fijian chieftainess and former First Lady, widow of Prime Minister and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Jimmy MacLaren...
title Tui Lau was left vacant from his uncle, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, in 1958 as referenced in Mara, The Pacific Way Paper. The Northern Lau Islands, which...
Vakavulewa ni Taukei Party (SVT) that had recently been founded by Mara's wife, Ro Lady LalaMara. There has been no independent confirmation of Tora's version...
Fiji. Born in Bau, Madraiwiwi was the son of Bauan chief and rebel Ratu Mara Kapaiwai, who had been executed by his cousin Seru Epenisa Cakobau on 6 August...
Insecure and Brothers in Atlanta on HBO. He appeared in the 2018 Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil television series Love Is, for which he was also in the writers...
buried in Tubou, as are Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888–1958), Fiji's first modern statesman, and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Many early Christian missionaries...
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