The Benton Courier, Thursday, December 16, 1993
Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's president, died of leukemia Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1993. He was 75.
Ganilau became Fiji's first president in 1987 after two military coups resulted in the declaration of a republic and the ouster of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. He had been governor-general under the British.
Fiji's population of 720,000 people is roughly divided between indigenious Fijians and ethnic Indians, who are the descendants of laborers imported by British colonizers.
Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's president, died of leukemia Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1993. He was 75.
Ganilau became Fiji's first president in 1987 after two military coups resulted in the declaration of a republic and the ouster of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. He had been governor-general under the British.
Fiji's population of 720,000 people is roughly divided between indigenious Fijians and ethnic Indians, who are the descendants of laborers imported by British colonizers.
The Benton Courier, Thursday, December 16, 1993
Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's president, died of leukemia Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1993. He was 75.
Ganilau became Fiji's first president in 1987 after two military coups resulted in the declaration of a republic and the ouster of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. He had been governor-general under the British.
Fiji's population of 720,000 people is roughly divided between indigenious Fijians and ethnic Indians, who are the descendants of laborers imported by British colonizers.
Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's president, died of leukemia Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1993. He was 75.
Ganilau became Fiji's first president in 1987 after two military coups resulted in the declaration of a republic and the ouster of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. He had been governor-general under the British.
Fiji's population of 720,000 people is roughly divided between indigenious Fijians and ethnic Indians, who are the descendants of laborers imported by British colonizers.
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