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'' Litia Qalirea Cakobau (c. 1941 – 8 October 2019) was a Bau high

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and political leader.

Biography

Cakobau, the daughter of ''

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George Cakobau ''Ratu'' Sir George Kadavulevu Cakobau (6 November 1912 – 25 November 1989) was a Fijian statesman and athlete. A great-grandson of ''Ratu'' Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the paramount chief of Bau who had unified all the tribes of Fiji under his ...

, who was Fiji's

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from 1973 to 1983, was appointed to the

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in 2001 as one of nine nominees of the Fijian government. She held this post till 2006, when her elder sister, ''Adi''

Samanunu Cakobau-Talakuli ''Adi'' Litia Samanunu Cakobau-Talakuli (1940–2012) was a Fijian chief, politician, and diplomat. Biography The eldest child of ''Ratu'' Sir George Cakobau (the late ''Vunivalu of Bau'' and Governor-General), Talakuli held a number of senio ...

was appointed to the Senate. Prior to her appointment to the Senate, she had previously held

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office as Minister for Women, a post to which she was appointed in 1987. Her brother, ''Ratu'' George Cakobau Jr., was also a Senator from 2001 to 2006, but was nominated by the

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rather than the government, as she was. She died at her home in Lautoka in October 2019 at the age of 78.

References

1940s births 2019 deaths Fijian chiefs I-Taukei Fijian members of the Senate (Fiji) Tui Kaba Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua politicians Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei politicians Politicians from Bau (island) {{Fiji-politician-stub