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* 1920-2004. | |||
* | * One of the founding fathers of Fiji as it gained independence from Britain and the first President of Fiji (1993-2000). | ||
* [http:// | * Most commonly called "Ratu Mara" in [[TIGHAR]] articles. | ||
* Student under [[Hoodless]] at [[FSM|Fiji School of Medicine]] around the time of the [[bones found on Nikumaroro| discovery of the bones on Niku]]. | |||
* Jean Brown, the wife of [[Captain Stan Brown]], served as Ratu Mara's secretary. | |||
* Ratu Mara allowed the TIGHAR members to search for the [[bones found on Nikumaroro]] at Government House during [[Niku IIIIP (1999)|the 1999 expedition]]. | |||
* [[wikipedia:Kamisese Mara| Wikipedia article.]] | |||
"1945 Ratu Sukuna recognized in Ratu Kamisese Mara Uluilakeba (whom [[Verrier|Dr. Lindsay Verrier]] had taken out from the [[FSM|Suva Medical School]] with its limited training, for a full medical education in New Zealand) the leadership capacity that Fiji would need when he was dead, and sent him to read Economics at Wadham."[http://www.beta.fiji.gov.fj/uploads/Rt_Sukuna.pdf] | |||
Revision as of 21:15, 13 October 2009
- 1920-2004.
- One of the founding fathers of Fiji as it gained independence from Britain and the first President of Fiji (1993-2000).
- Most commonly called "Ratu Mara" in TIGHAR articles.
- Student under Hoodless at Fiji School of Medicine around the time of the discovery of the bones on Niku.
- Jean Brown, the wife of Captain Stan Brown, served as Ratu Mara's secretary.
- Ratu Mara allowed the TIGHAR members to search for the bones found on Nikumaroro at Government House during the 1999 expedition.
- Wikipedia article.
"1945 Ratu Sukuna recognized in Ratu Kamisese Mara Uluilakeba (whom Dr. Lindsay Verrier had taken out from the Suva Medical School with its limited training, for a full medical education in New Zealand) the leadership capacity that Fiji would need when he was dead, and sent him to read Economics at Wadham."[1]