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	Telegraph \| News \| Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Mara cut a formidable figure at Commonwealth prime ministers' conferences, not least because he was 6 ft 6 in tall and wore the sulu (knee-length skirt); also, his statesmanlike qualities were immediately apparent.
		Ratu Mara's character was a mixture of the forthright and the diplomatic, the inflexible and the dexterous, the imperious and the tolerant.
		Mara received honorary doctorates from Guam, Delhi and Otago Universities, and was also Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific at Suva, a new institution with which he was not enamoured.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/20/db2001.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/04/20/ixportal.html (1154 words)

	Guardian \| Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Born in the eastern Lau islands, the son of the head of the Vuanirewa clan and paramount chief of the Lau archipelago, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba, Mara was inculcated from the cradle with the autocratic characteristics that were a feature of the Fijian ruling class.
		Mara's first major achievement as the newly independent nation's premier was perhaps his greatest: in 1971 he played a critical role in corralling the often squabbling regional nations into the South Pacific Forum.
		Mara had been playing golf with the colonel days before the first coup, but his involvement in the insurgency remains a grey area.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4908218-103684,00.html (850 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, former Fijian leader; at 83
		Mara, the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, died late Sunday in a hospital in the capital of Suva.
		Mara was the last of a group of powerful, mostly hereditary Pacific Island chiefs who led their countries to independence from British, Australian, New Zealand, and US colonial rule from the 1960s.
		Mara is survived by his wife, Ro Lala Mara, a paramount chief who outranked Mara in the Fijian aristocratic hierarchy, three daughters, and two sons.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/04/20/ratu_sir_kamisese_mara_former_fijian_leader_at_83 (525 words)

	Legacy of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was a towering personality who cut an impressive figure both on the international arena as well as in the Pacific region.
		Ratu Mara was accused of having complicity in the coup of 14 May 1987.
		This was the vision that had prompted Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara in 1982 to propose the formation of a government of national unity.
	www.flp.org.fj /s030827.htm (3712 words)

	Fiji chief Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara embodied the modern Pacific ali'i - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Mara was uniquely qualified to comment on the nature and consequences of a globalizing Pacific, having lived through more than 80 years of change and standing as a dominant force in the region for more than three decades.
		Mara believed the benefits derived from negotiating with governments such as Britain, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on issues such as agricultural exports, marine resources and environmental issues could be greatly enhanced if Pacific island nations stood together and tried to speak with one voice on the world stage.
		Mara's vision of regional cooperation, and the institutions he was instrumental in establishing, set the stage for an expanded range of activities that bring the people of Hawai'i into closer contact with their neighbors to the south.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/May/23/op/op07a.html (1758 words)

	Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara; Former Fijian leader; 83 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Chief Mara, the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, died April 18 in a hospital in the Fijian capital, Suva.
		Chief Mara was the last of a group of powerful, mostly hereditary Pacific Island chiefs who led their countries to independence from British, Australian, New Zealand and U.S. colonial rule from the mid-1960s.
		Chief Mara is survived by his wife, Ro Lala Mara, a paramount chief who outranked Mara in the Fijian aristocratic hierarchy; three daughters; and two sons.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040428/news_1m28mara.html (460 words)

	ipedia.com: Kamisese Mara Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (May 6, 1920-April 18, 2004) is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji.
		Mara's title, Ratu, which means "Chief," was hereditary; as the hereditary Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands, he held the titles of Tui Lau, Tui Nayau, and Tevita Uluilakeba.
		Mara was educated first at Otago University in New Zealand, where he studied medicine (1942-1945).
	www.ipedia.com /kamisese_mara.html (3182 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		RATU Sir Kamisese Mara, the founding father of modern Fiji and one of the great statesmen of the South Pacific, has died at the age of 83.
		Mara also was a major figure in trade and aid negotiations between the European Union and more than 70 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, and a staunch supporter of the Commonwealth and the British monarchy, which he felt underwrote the security of Fiji’s chieftains and his own place in that system.
		Mara was spirited away aboard a navy patrol boat from his sprawling presidential compound on the Suva waterfront to his home in the Lau islands.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=443492004 (717 words)

	In chief, a skilled Fijian statesman - Obituaries - www.smh.com.au
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who has died aged 83, became president of Fiji in 1994 after earlier serving as a district officer and then the first prime minister of the South Seas dominion.
		Mara cut a formidable figure at Commonwealth prime ministers' conferences, not least because he was 195 centimetres tall and wore the sulu (knee-length skirt).
		Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara was born into one of Fiji's four important chiefly families.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/22/1082616259137.html?from=storyrhs (1201 words)

	Report: Former Fijian leader dead at 83 - World News - MSNBC.com
		Mara died late Sunday in a hospital in the Fijian capital, Suva, from complications of a stroke he had in 2001, New Zealand’s Radio National reported.
		Mara was the last survivor of a group of powerful, mostly hereditary Pacific Island chiefs who led their countries to independence from British, Australian, New Zealand and U.S. colonial rule from the mid 1960s.
		Mara was the paramount chief of the Lau Islands of eastern Fiji.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4773829/from/RL.3 (549 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Ex-Fijian leader Ratu Sir Kamisese dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mara, the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, died late Sunday in a hospital in the Fijian capital, Suva.
		Mara was the last of a group of powerful, mostly hereditary Pacific Island chiefs who led their countries to independence from British, Australian, New Zealand and U.S. colonial rule from the mid 1960s.
		Seen as a hurdle in resolving the hostage crisis, Mara was asked to retire as the army declared martial law.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/04/19/ex_fijian_leader_ratu_sir_kamisese_dies?mode=PF (573 words)

	RatuSirKKT
		The Late Ratu Sir Kamisese was extremely committed to the Company and its mission and it was his legacy that the company grow from its humble beginnings of $7 in issued and paid capital to a level of $2.5 million today with assets worth $13 million.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was born on the 6
		Ratu Sir Kamisese is the Paramount Chief of Lau.
	www.yatulau.com /RatuSir.htm (448 words)

	Wansolwara Online: News (USP)
		Ratu Mara held the position of Chancellor of the university from 1977 to 1979.
		In 2001, Ratu Mara was the chief guest at the launch of the USP publication, ‘20th Century Fiji: People Who Shaped This Nation’, in which a profile of his contribution to Fiji was featured.
		Inoke Rokoduru, another third-year student, said Ratu Mara was a prolific leader and the father of the modern Pacific as his policies were instrumental for the development of the Pacific.
	www.usp.ac.fj /journ/docs/news/wansolnews/2004/April/wansol2004041.html (491 words)

	Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MARA, RATU SIR KAMISESE [Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese] 1920-2004, Fijian political leader.
		Fiji largely prospered under Mara, who was an influential Pacific statesman, but he lost to the Indian-led Labor party in 1987.
		Mara gave his tacit approval to the army's overthrow of Labor a month later, and was again prime minister (1987-92) under a new constitution.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MaraR1S1irK1ams.asp (364 words)

	Fiji Troubles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Former president Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and his family have apparently been moved to the safety of a sub-marine or naval vessel in Suva Harbour.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara's former secretary Jo Browne has confirmed that a group of senior army officers approached Mara in the traditional way and presented a tabua (whale's tooth) asking to step aside to allow them to impose martial law in order to solve the current political impasse.
		Nailatikau is also Mara's son-in-law and is the husband of Adi Koila Mara, Tourism Minister in the Chaudhry Government, and is also being held hostage.
	www.lookinglassdesign.com /fijicoupmay2000/may2000/30martialaw-fl.html (436 words)

	Pacific Islands
		Somare was not very happy with Mara then, but that changed over the years as Mara's charisma and mana became Somare's source of inspiration at a time when PNG was still struggling to come to terms with the complexities of independent statehood.
		Mara as chairman of the ACP and chief negotiator won the admiration of both ACP and EU leaders.
		Mara was convinced that the EU-ACP arrangement was the lifeline of the Fiji and Pacific economies and had to be protected at all cost.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm62004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0005 (1049 words)

	Fiji Moral Archives
		Mara told Fiji TV on Sunday he was surprised when he was told by Browne that he was going to be evacuated.
		Mara also spoke about the May 29 night he was taken by the military from Government House and evacuated from the city by naval vessel to his home island of Lau, east of here.
		Mara said he was calm and unexcited and did not say anything because the group was giving in to Speight's demands and these were army officers.
	members.rediff.com /jhansi/fijinews.htm (14062 words)

	Obituary - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is with a deep sense of sorrow and personal loss that I received news of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara's death.
		As Prime Minister Ratu Mara set a fine example of how a multiracial nation must be governed - with due regard to the cultural sensitivities of all the communities that make Fiji.
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was a rare combination of traditional Fijian aristocracy and the finest values of the Western tradition.
	www.flp.org.fj /n040419.htm (304 words)

	Pacific Islands
		One of the captive ministers was Adi Koila Mara, the president's daughter and generally held to be one of his favourite children.
		But as national emotion of Ratu Mara's death mounted, it became evident that the nation that had tried for 30 years to build "tall as a model of progress and harmony," only to see it stunted by racism, corruption and ambitious personal agendas, was also affected by guilt, remorse and anger.
		Ratu Mara's wife, Adi Lady Lala, imposing and influential in her own right and actually ahead of her husband in the Fijian chiefly hierarchy, was still on her way back from New Zealand.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm52004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0023 (1772 words)

	Saturday - Tuesday May 4, 2004 - Fiji Government Online
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara will be accorded a full military funeral at his home village of Tubou on the chiefly island of Lakeba today.
		Given the chance, the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara would be smiling from his resting place to see that even in his death he had united all peoples of Fiji, a visiting dignitary told Tubou yesterday.
		The country wept with the widow of the former President as the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was finally laid to rest in home ground yesterday.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/27/2377 (1364 words)

	Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: The Late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara on behalf of the Republic of Vanuatu.
		Meanwhile reports in Suva say that the funeral procession of Ratu Kamisese Mara on Wednesday was escorted by the Military officers right through Suva to Government House.
		The Fiji Times reported that the church hoped to give Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara a farewell that would befit a high chief and one to be remembered for the years to come.
	vanuatu.net.vu /cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm_tools.cgi?print=1755;s=1_8;site=6 (343 words)

	Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Mara, who was born into a noble family, studied...
		Fiji mourned the death in April 2004 of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the country's first prime minister (1970–92; except for a few months in 1987) and president from 1994 until he was deposed in a coup in 2000.
		Presidents in 1993, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau (died December 15) and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (acting from December 15);...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9398736?tocId=9398736 (800 words)

	Death of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
		Ratu Mara was widely recognised in the international community as being the pre-eminent statesman of the Pacific.
		I was privileged to have met Ratu Mara on a number of occasions and found him to be a man of integrity whom I respected greatly.
		Born in 1920 at Lomaloma in the Lau group of islands, Ratu Mara inherited the chiefly title of Tui Nayau and was Paramount chief of Lau.
	www.foreignminister.gov.au /releases/2004/fa053_04.html (312 words)

	Death of first prime minister - World - www.smh.com.au
		Ratu Mara died on Sunday in hospital in the capital, Suva, from complications of a stroke he suffered in 2001, New Zealand's Radio National reported.
		Ratu Mara was the last survivor of the seven leaders who met in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1971 to set up a regional body aimed at giving a stronger voice to Pacific concerns, and to co-operate in tackling key issues.
		Ratu Mara, who led Fiji from colony to a fully independent sovereign state, was chief minister from 1967 to 1970, the period of Fiji's internal self-government.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/19/1082357115931.html?from=storyrhs (416 words)

	Fiji Troubles
		Kamisese Mara, including a pardon for him and his armed men.
		Sir Kamisese Mara, is seen as the head of Tovata while his wife, Adi Lady Lala, as Roko Tui Dreketi, is the traditional
		Mara yesterday moved to become the sole authority in the country by dismissing the government and prorogating
	www.lookinglassdesign.com /fijicoupmay2000/may2000/28-misc-FL.html (1321 words)

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