Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi was a Fijian jurist and statesman who lived from 1957 to 2016 and was born into a chiefly family descended from Fijian royalty. He earned his law degree from the University of Adelaide and an LLM in comparative law, specializing in air and space law, from McGill University, and served as a High Court judge of Fiji from 1997 to 2000. He was Vice President of Fiji from 2004 to 2007, acting as President from 2005 to 2006, and later served as Chief Justice of Nauru from 2014 until his death in office in 2016. In 2010 King George Tupou V of Tonga made him a life peer with the title Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga, and he was known for advocating political moderation and inclusive governance across the communities of Fiji.
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He served as vice-president, and also acting president, of Fiji, and Chief Justice of Nauru.
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Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga (10 November 1957 - 29 September 2016) was a prominent Fijian lawyer, legal scholar, jurist, and politician.
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From McGill, Madraiwiwi came back to Fiji and worked for the Office of the Attorney-General of Fiji as solicitor, serving from 1983 to 1991. He was then appointed a permanent arbitrator in that office until 1997, when he became a judge of the High Court, which stands at the apex of the Fijian judiciary. He resigned from the bench in mid-2000 in protest against the coup d'état that saw the elected government toppled, the constitution abrogated, and the judiciary reorganised by decree.
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was a prominent Fijian lawyer
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Judge of the High Court of Fiji of the Republic of Fiji
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Wikidata Q3183575, P27 country of citizenship claim
P27 (country of citizenship): Fiji
Wikidata Q3183575, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1957
Wikidata Q3183575, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2016
Wikidata Q3183575, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2016-09-29
Wikidata Q3183575, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Bau
Wikidata Q3183575, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Suva
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