Joni Madraiwiwi I

Joni Madraiwiwi I

Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi (1859 – December 1920) was a Fijian chief. Ratu Madraiwiwi was a Bauan chief, and the son of the Bauan chief and rebel Ratu Mara Kapaiwai (who was executed by his cousin Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau). After joining the Audit Office as a clerk at an early age, Ratu Madraiwiwi had steadily worked his way up through the civil service. He held the posts of Roko Tui Ra (from 1896) and Roko Tui Tailevu (from 1912) in the Colonial Native Administration.

In 1886, Ratu Madraiwiwi married "Adi" Litiana Maopa, a granddaughter of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King who ceded Fiji to the United Kingdom in 1874. Their son, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888-1958), played a pivotal role in the formation of modern Fiji, by forging the embryonic institutions for the modern nation.

Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, who served as Fiji's Vice-President from 2004 to 2006, is a grandson of Ratu Madraiwiwi.


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