Ratu Alifereti Finau Mara [66618]

  General Notes:

Lawyer, politician and diplomat, educated at Otago University, N.Z. (LL.B. (Law), 1983) and at Cambridge University, U.K. (LL.M. (Law), 1986); served as a Legal Officer in the Attorney General's Chamber from 1984, and later Principal Legal Officer in 1986, Chief Administrative Officer for Foreign Affairs (Fiji) 1987, Charge d'Affaires at the Fijian Embassy in Washington, D.C. 1991, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994, Cabinet Minister for Fijian Affairs 1997/1999, Chai rman of the Native Land Trust Board, he was appointed as Fiji's Ambassador to the United Nations in 1999, appointed Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner in 2001.

  Research Notes:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/fiji/i86.html#I86

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Legal Officer in the Attorney General's Chamber, 1984. served as a Legal Officer in the Attorney General's Chamber from 1984, and later Principal Legal Officer in 1986

• Acceded: Chief Administrative Officer for Foreign Affairs (Fiji), 1987. Chief Administrative Officer for Foreign Affairs (Fiji) 1987

• Acceded: Charge d'Affaires, 1991. Charge d'Affaires at the Fijian Embassy in Washington, D.C. 1991

• Acceded: House of Representatives, 1994. he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994,

• Acceded: Cabinet Minister for Fijian Affairs, 1997. Cabinet Minister for Fijian Affairs 1997/1999,

• Acceded: Chairrman of the Native Land Trust Board. Chairrman of the Native Land Trust Board

• Acceded: Ambassador to the United Nations, 1999. he was appointed as Fiji's Ambassador to the United Nations in 1999,

• Acceded: Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner, 2001. appointed Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner in 2001

Alifereti had a relationship with Vitinia Buadromo [66619] [MRIN: 551619476].