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Edward Cakobau
Ratu Sir Edward Tuivanuavou Tugi Cakobau (1908 - 1973) was a Fijian chief and statesman, who played a major role in Fijian politics in the years that preceded and followed independence in 1970. As Minister for Labour in the first post-independence government, Cakobau had to contend with a docker's strike for a 31 percent pay rise, at the port of Suva in May 1971.
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