Roko Tui Dreketi
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The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fiji's Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs.
Details on the title[]
This title is considered the second most senior in Fiji's House of Chiefs. The dynasty holding the title is the . Unlike many other chiefly titles, this one is not reserved for males, as it had become a common occurrence among many other parts of Fiji.
Recent history[]
The present Roko Tui Dreketi is Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Tuisawau-Kepa, who was the Minister for Education in the Qarase government. She succeeded her late sister Ro Lady Lala Mara, Fiji's former First Lady, in 2004.
Title holders[]
- Note that the table below contains incomplete information. The period from 1839 through 1845 was a time of conflicting claims to the title.
| Order | Roko Tui Dreketi | Reigned | Lived |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | 1825 - 1839 | ? - 1839 | |
| 3. | 1839 | ? - 1839 | |
| 4. | 1839 | ? - 1839 | |
| 5. | 1839 | ? - 1839 | |
| 6. | 1839 - 1841 | 1810 - 1851 | |
| 7. | 1839 - 1840 | ? - 26 January 1855 | |
| 8. | 1839 - 1845 | ? - December 1845 | |
| . | 1845 - 1851 | (s.a.) | |
| . | 1851 - 1855 | (s.a.) | |
| 9. | - 1915 | ||
| 12. | - 1917 | ||
| 13. | 1885–1892 | ||
| 14. | George Tuisawau | 1936 - 1961 | 1901 - 1961 |
| 15. | Lala Mara | 1957 - 2004 | 3 January 1931 - 20 July 2004 |
| 15. | Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Tuisawau Kepa | 2004–present | b. 1945 |
References[]
- Elites: Choice, Leadership and succession, Chapter 6 Making the Chief – Page 116, By Antonia Pedroso de Lima, Joao de Pina-Cabral, Published first in 2000 by Berg Editorial Offices, Oxford, U.K
1. Ro Rawalai 2. Ro banuve Bativuaka Lutunauga
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