Epeli Ganilau

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Full Name	Epeli Ganilau
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1951(1951-10-10)
Age	73
Country	Fiji
Horoscope	Libra

Epeli Ganilau Biography

Epeli Ganilau is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 10, 1951 in Fiji.

Ganilau was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, in New Zealand, from 1965. He later graduated from the University of the South Pacific and from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force Staff College.

There were also accusations that Ganilau was undermining the so-called political neutrality of the Bose Levu Vakaturaga with his calls for a revival of the defunct Alliance Party, the multi-racial political party founded by Ratu Mara, which governed Fiji from 1967 to 1987. Ganilau’s call received support from a number of political factions, including the Indo-Fijian- dominated National Federation Party, but received a cold reception from Prime Minister Qarase’s Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua. They saw Ganilau’s multiracial agenda as an unwelcome threat to the nationalist i’taukei vote they required to remain in power. Ganilau had hinted that he himself would play a role in reviving the proposed Alliance with its focus on multiracialism. The decision to oust Ganilau from the leadership of the Great Council of Chiefs was widely seen as a move by Qarase to prevent Ganilau from using the Council as a platform to advance his (Ganilau) political agenda. Clearly, Qarase regarded Ganilau as a threat and had set a course to neutralize him.

Epeli Ganilau Net Worth

Epeli Ganilau is one of the richest Politician from Fiji. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Epeli Ganilau 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, MC, MSD, (born 10 October 1951) is a former Fijian military officer and a retired politician. His career previously encompassed such roles as Commander of the Fiji Military Forces and Chairman of the Bose Levu Vakaturaga (Great Council of Chiefs). On 15 January 2007 he was sworn in as Minister for Fijian Affairs in the interim Cabinet formed in the wake of the military coup which deposed the Qarase government on 5 December 2006.

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Ganilau spoke out on 16 September to dismiss claims that most of Fiji’s problems were being caused by the “disrespect” of Indo-Fijians and other non- indigenous communities towards the country’s chiefs. Making a parliamentary submission on controversial Unity Bill, Masi Kaumaitotoya had declared that the jailing of chiefs on coup-related offences was a clear sign of disrespect, and that indigenous Fijians were being taken advantage of by others. In response, Ganilau said as the former Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs that he believed that the chiefs were well respected by all communities. He also called on his fellow-chiefs to play a greater role in promoting national unity by serving all citizens in their district or confederacy, regardless of race. Chiefs who had participated in the 2000 coup should not get preferential treatment, he added.

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Mary Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Fiji. Epeli Ganilau celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.

Ganilau was appointed to the Bose Levu Vakaturaga (Great Council of Chiefs) in 1999 as one of six representatives of the Fijian government. Ganilau was elected chairman on 3 May 2001 after his predecessor, Sitiveni Rabuka, stepped down amid accusations that he (Rabuka) may have been involved in the George Speight-led ethno-nationalist coup that deposed Fiji’s elected government in May 2000. The Bose Levu Vakaturaga is a formal assembly of Fijian hereditary chiefs, along with a number of specially qualified commoners, chosen mainly by Fiji’s provincial councils. The Council of Chiefs also had a constitutional role in functioning as an electoral college to elect the President of the republic, as well as 14 of the 32 Senators.