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| | Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara was born on 6 May 1920, in Vanuabalavu in the archipelago of Lau, the son of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, head of the chiefly Vuanirewa clan, and his first wife Lusiana Qolikoro, who was relatedto Tongan royalty and was also descended from an English missionary. |
 | | Mara's title, Ratu, which means "Chief," washereditary; as the hereditary Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands, he held the titles of Tui Lau, TuiNayau, and Tevita Uluilakeba. |
 | | Their eldest son, Ratu Finau Mara, was a Cabinet Minister and parliamentary leader of the Fijian AssociationParty from 1996 to 1998, when he resigned to takeup a diplomatic posting. |
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