- Viliame Cavubati
Viliame Cavubati (born on Lakeba Island, Lau, in 1945) is aFiji an politician. His first foray into politics was in 1968, when he began working for the then-rulingFijian Alliance . He was Minister for Works in the government ofSitiveni Rabuka in the 1990s, but lost the Lau Fijian Communal Constituency to AdiKoila Nailatikau in the 1999 parliamentary election.In
February 2006 , the National Alliance Party announced that Cavubati would challenge Prime MinisterLaisenia Qarase , who holds Cavubati's old seat, in the general election held from 6 to 13 May. Cavubati was trounced, gaining less than 7 percent of the vote.A former schoolteacher, Cavubati worked first as a field officer and subsequently as traffic officer and wharf manager of Ellington, for the
Fiji Sugar Corporation .
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