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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Tailevu people, Tui Kaba, Vunivalu of Bau, Frank Bainimarama, Joni Madraiwiwi, Lala Sukuna, George Speight, Epeli Nailatikau, George Cakobau, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Jope Seniloli, Jale Baba, Litia Qionibaravi, Samisoni Tikoinasau, Finau Tabakaucoro, Edward Cakobau, Tanoa Visawaqa, Tu'uakitau Cokanauto, Ragho Nand, Turaga na Gonesau, Timoci Nagusa, Nemani Kavuru, Nausori, Meli Bainimarama, Samanunu Cakobau-Talakuli, Litia Cakobau, Epeli Ruivadra, Epeli Nailatikau I, Iliesa Duvuloco, Litiana Maopa, Joni Madraiwiwi I, Inoke Takiveikata, Semi Seruvakula, Serupepeli Naqase, Popi Seniloli, Penaia Kadavulevu, Korovou, Tailevu, George Cakobau, Jr., Irami Matairavula, Natovi Landing. Excerpt: Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, CF, MSD, OStJ, Fijian Navy, known commonly as Frank Bainimarama and sometimes by the chiefly title Ratu (born 27 April 1954), is a Fijian naval officer and politician. He is the Commander of the Fijian Military Forces and, as of April 2009, Prime Minister. While serving as Prime Minister, he has also temporarily held various ministerial portfolios: Information, Home Affairs, Immigration, Public Service, Indigenous and Multi-Ethnic Affairs, Finance, and Foreign Affairs. Bainimarama is an ethnic Fijian. Bainimarama has taken power twice in Fiji's history, the first time as Head of the Interim Military Government of Fiji from 29 May to 13 July 2000, after organizing a counter-coup to neutralize the ethnic Fijian putsch led by George Speight. He handed power over to the newly-appointed President Ratu Josefa Iloilo. He was instrumental in the rise to power of the government of the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, but his intense criticism of the government's policy of showing leniency towards persons implicated in the coup later strained his relations with the regime, and on 5 December 2006, he overthrew t...
