Aisea Taoka

Aisea Taoka (born 1946) is a Fijian civil servant and former police officer, who currently serves as the Commissioner of Prisons, a position he has held since 1996. He had previously served for 31 years in the Police force. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Taoka hails from Ketei on the island of Totoya, in the Lau archipelago. Under the pretext of taking him to see an eye surgeon in Suva, his father Rupeni Raga smuggled out of his village in January 1953 in order to educate him. (At that time, it was permitted to leave the village only for medical reasons). Living with relatives in Bagasau, he was educated at Suva Methodist Boys School and subsequently at Lelean Memorial School, graduating in 1964. During this time, his immediate family moved to Suva. On leaving high school, Taoka enlisted in the police training school. Totoya is a volcanic island in the Moala subgroup of Fijis Lau archipelago. ... The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is a surgical procedure performed on the eye or its adnexa typically by an ophthalmologist . ... Suva is the capital of Fiji. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Home Affairs Minister Paul Manueli appointed him to lead a Commission of Inquiry into an outbreak at Naboro prison in 1994. Two years later, he was appointed Prisons' Commissioner. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Taoka is married to Margaret and has children.

Sources

Fiji Times, 29 January 2006