Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, MC, MSD, (10 October 1951 – 23 March 2023) was a Fijian military officer and politician. His career previously encompassed...
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chiefs in the Fijian peerage. Ganilau was married three times and had two daughters and six sons, of whom one, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, followed in his footsteps...
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Epeli is a Fijian male given name. Notable people with this name include: Epeli Baleibau (born 1972), Fijian athlete Epeli Ganilau (born 1951), Fijian...
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governor-general, Penaia Ganilau, a high chief whom he expected to implement ethnic Fijian interests. When, however, Ganilau attempted to reinstate the...
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leader. Bokini, who held the chiefly title of Tui Tavua, succeeded Ratu Epeli Ganilau as Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs on 21 July 2004, and was...
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political party. It was formally registered on 18 January 2005 by Ratu Epeli Ganilau, as the claimed successor to the defunct Alliance Party, which ruled...
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to the resignation of interim defence and immigration minister, Ratu Epeli Ganilau. Shortly afterwards, an increase in the tax from one-third of a Fiji...
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named commander of the Armed Forces, to replace Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, who resigned to pursue a political career. It was in his capacity as...
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Party leader Mick Beddoes, and National Alliance Party president Ratu Epeli Ganilau in opposing the commission and its purpose. She asserted that if her...
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appointed on 8 January and another six on 9 January; a fifteenth, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, was sworn in as Minister for Fijian Affairs on 15 January. "Fiji :...
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by Korovavala himself. Former Military Commander Major-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, who now leads the National Alliance Party, initially reserved comment...
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belong. He was challenged in court by Ratu Epeli Ganilau, son of former Fijian President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau who had himself held the Tui Cakau title...
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Moroccan-born French actress (Scènes de ménages, Parking, Dickie-roi). Epeli Ganilau, 71, Fijian military officer and politician, minister for Fijian affairs...
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refused offers of reinstatement. Mara's daughter, Adi Ateca Ganilau (wife of Ratu Epeli Ganilau) appeared to support Bainimarama's claims in a statement...
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George, English footballer 1950 – Nora Roberts, American author 1951 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (d...
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press about her family and the government. Ganilau married former National Alliance Party leader Ratu Epeli Ganilau in 1973. He was the son of the late Governor-General...
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Fiji in 1988. On behalf of the Council, the Chairman, Epeli Ganilau, the son of Penaia Ganilau, said in 2002 that, "the royal Tui Viti and the Vunivalu...
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Vakalalabure and Manasa Tugia also hail from Cakaudrove. Ratu Epeli Ganilau, a son of Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau leads another significant political party, the National...
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new Interim Cabinet was mixed. The National Alliance Party of Ratu Epeli Ganilau (a former Military commander) welcomed the appointment, as did Himat...
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join the newly formed National Alliance Party of Fiji, led by Ratu Epeli Ganilau. A rump of the NLUP continues under the leadership of Tomasi Tokalauvere...
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attack after hearing the distressing news that her son-in-law, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, was to be dismissed (under pressure from the government) as Chairman...
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plunged into crisis when the government decided not to reappoint Ratu Epeli Ganilau as one of its six representatives on the Great Council; the Cakaudrove...
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The Ganilau Family Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau - first President of Fiji (1987-1992); maternal great-grandson of Seru Epenisa Cakobau. Ratu Epeli Ganilau -...
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Narayen joined the National Alliance Party, a new party founded by Ratu Epeli Ganilau as an attempt to revive the defunct Alliance Party. She participated...
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appointed President of the party, with Ratu Epeli Ganilau, son of former Fijian President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau and son-in-law of the then-current President...
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Vikatoria Kainona Ganilau, daughter of Adi Laisa Ganilau. Her brother-in-law, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, was a well-known contemporary politician. Ganilau grew up in...
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Tanzania John Mellencamp, American musician and songwriter October 10 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian soldier and statesman (d. 2023) October 11 Jean-Jacques Goldman...
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with the newly formed National Alliance Party of Fiji, founded by Ratu Epeli Ganilau, a chief whose father and father-in-law both served as President of...
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(1967-1987); founded by Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. On 18 January 2005, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, the past Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, formally registered...
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with the newly formed National Alliance Party of Fiji, founded by Ratu Epeli Ganilau. A rump of the FAP continued for some time, under the leadership of...
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