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Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, circa 1940s
RatuSir Josefa Lalabalavu Vanayaliyali SukunaKCMG KBE (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman. He is regarded as the forerunner of the post-independence leadership of Fiji. He did more than anybody to lay the groundwork for self-government by fostering the development of modern institutions in Fiji, and although he died a dozen years before independence from the United Kingdom was achieved in 1970, his vision set the course that Fiji was to follow in the years to come.
Ratu Sir Josefa Lalabalavu Vanayaliyali Sukuna KCMG KBE (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman. He is regarded...
Ratu Sir LalaSukuna Day (commonly known as Ratu Sukuna Day) was a national public holiday in Fiji until the year 2010, when the Prime Minister, Commodore...
holiday, is on May 30, but observed on the last Monday in May. Ratu Sir LalaSukuna Day (Fiji), removed as a national holiday in 2010. World Multiple Sclerosis...
in 1966. The title Tui Lau was left vacant from his uncle, Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, in 1958 as referenced in Mara, The Pacific Way Paper. The Northern Lau...
Lau is not hereditary it has been left vacant by his cousin¹ Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, who had died in 1958. [citation needed] Ratu Mara was first educated...
of Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji originated with the Fijian noble Ratu Sir LalaSukuna who introduced the buckled sulu to Fiji in 1920 following his military...
first-ever university graduate. In the years that followed, Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, as he was later known, established himself as the most powerful chief...
prime minister and president Tevita Momoedonu; former prime minister Sir LalaSukuna; Soldier, scholar, and statesman. First Fijian university graduate. Read...
Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer Geoffrey Howe, British politician Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, Fijian statesman and soldier The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII)...
had one son, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi I, who became the father of Ratu Sir LalaSukuna and others. His grandmother was Adi Talatoka, who was the daughter of...
logistics role in France and Italy. In the years that followed, Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, as he was later known, established himself as a leading chief in Fiji...
chiefly title in the Fiji Islands and was the wife of the late Ratu Sir LalaSukuna. Maca Likutabua Gucake was born in the village of Tubou, on the island...
was later revived in 1938 by the Vuanirewa Clan and installed Ratu Sir LalaSukuna upon the approval and support of the Tui Nayau, Ratu Tevita Uluiilakeba...
northern Fiji in the mid-19th century, is buried in Tubou, as are Ratu Sir LalaSukuna (1888–1958), Fiji's first modern statesman, and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara...
Adi Litiana Maopa, a granddaughter of Cakobau. They had six children; LalaSukuna (later one of the main leaders of Fiji), Asenaca Teimumu Vuikaba, Tiale...
Native Land Trust Board established under the chairmanship of Ratu Sir LalaSukuna. 1951 Founding of Fiji Airways (after which it was renamed to Air Pacific;...
made a Justice of the Peace. LalaSukuna (1983) Fiji: The Three-legged Stool : Selected Writings of Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, px Death of Ratu Popi Pacific...
Board as a clerk. She later worked for LalaSukuna as his private secretary. She married J.A.R. Dovi, Sukuna's younger brother, who served as Roko Tui...
confederacies, Tovata has been the most politically influential. Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, considered the father of modern Fiji, was from Tovata, as were Ratu...
Fiji Red Cross Rebecca Scown, Olympic gold medalist in rowing Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, Fijian statesman Sir Brian Talboys, Deputy Prime Minister 1975–1981...
first-ever university graduate. In the years that followed, Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, as he was later known, established himself as the most powerful chief...
Children's Sunday by Fiji's Methodists (not a public holiday). May Ratu Sir LalaSukuna Day The celebrations in honor of Fiji's first modern statesman actually...
its nominees to Parliament in the 1950s and early 1960s were Ratu Sir LalaSukuna, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Ratu George Cakobau, Ratu Edward Cakobau and...
Iloilo recalled warnings from Fiji's first modern statesman, Ratu Sir LalaSukuna (1888–1958), that the chiefs risked becoming an irrelevance if they did...
civil service and became Assistant to the Native Lands Commissioner LalaSukuna, the first non-European to hold principal office. In 1944 he was elected...
Christi Ceylon/Sri Lanka Lecturer; Sri Lankan Liberal Party MP, 2010–15 LalaSukuna Fiji Tui Lau 1938–58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French...
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