Ratu Epenisa Seru Cakobau (ða ko mbau) is a Fijian chief. Cakobau is a senior member of the Tui Kaba clan and a high chief on the island of Bau. The son of the late Ratu Sir George Cakobau (1912-1989), the former Vunivalu of Bau (Paramount Chief of Kubuna (1957-1989) and Governor-General of Fiji (1983-1983), he is also a great-great grandson of Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the warlord who established the first unified Fijian Kingdom in 1871 and ceded it to the United Kingdom in 1874. Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank. ... Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank. ... Bau is a small island in Fiji, off the east coast of the main island of Viti Levu. ... Ratu Sir George Cakobau (1912-1989) was Governor General of Fiji from 1972 to 1982. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Vunivalu of Bau is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, and is generally considered to be the highest chiefly title in Fiji. ... Kubuna is one of three confederacies which comprise Fijis House of Chiefs, to which all of Fijis chiefs belong. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Fiji became a British Crown Colony in 1874, and an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth in 1970. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (1815-1883) was King of Fiji from 8 December 1852 to 10 October 1874, when he ceded his country to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. ...

Cakobau has been involved in politics; he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 as a candidate of the Fijian Political Party (SVT), representing the open constituency of Tailevu South Lomaiviti, and when the Conservative Alliance, a nationalistic political party was founded in 2001, Cakobau was chosen as its first president. Constitutional Structure See main article: Constitution of Fiji and linked articles. ... The general election to the Fijian House of Representatives, held in May 1999, was historic. ... Overview The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Fijis Parliament. ... The Fijian Political Party (better known by its initials SVT, which stand for its Fijan name, Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei) is a party which dominated politics in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999, but which is currently without representation in the House... Open constituencies represent one of several electoral models employed in the past and present in the Fijian electoral system. ... Tailevu South Lomaiviti Open is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, are allocated by ethnicity). ... The Conservative Alliance (Matanitu Vanua in Fijian) is a nationalistic political party in Fiji. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ...

Cakobau is known as a devout Christian and has spoken forcefully about what he sees as the for the people to turn back to God. Speaking at the 150-year celebration of the building of the Nauluvatu church in the Nakelo district on 16 November 2005, he blamed the failure of the people to serve the Lord "vigilantly" for many of the problems being faced today. He referred to the conversion to Christianity of his great great-grandfather, which he said was the best thing ever to have happened to Fiji, and that Fijians needed to return to those roots. "Blessings could only be received if we are on the right track with the church, vanua and the Government because if the people serve these institutions well, they should expect the blessings of their work," he said. is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

[[Personal Life:]] Has 3 siblings: 1.Adi Litia Kaunilotuma Cakobau 2. Ratu Josefa Celua Cakobau 3.Ratu Tanoa Visawaqa Cakobau

He also 2 half-sisters and a half-brother from his father's first marriage: 1: Adi Samanunu Talakuli nee Cakobau 2: Adi Litia Cakobau 3: Ratu George Kadavulevu

Ratu Epenisa Cakobau is married to Adi Varanisese Loloma the daughter of the late toranibau Ratu Josefa Loloma of Batiki,Lomaiviti and the lateAdi Miriama Vuetivavalagi of Levuka Vakaviti,Ovalau it was an arranged marriage due to the close blood ties from both sides that had actually confirmed the matrimonial bonds between the 'two Vanua'even before the two chief and chiefteness were born therefore it was meant to unite both land due to the ancestrol bonds Have 4 children : Ratu Popi Seniloli, Ratu Josefa Celua Cakobau; Adi Salote Cakobau & Ratu Tevita Naulivou

Ratu Epenisa also has children from outside of marriage.

2 sons: 1: Joseph Elliott 2: Christopher Cakobau 1 daughter : Adi Torika Kainona Cakobau

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