Kadavu Island - Notable Kadavuans

Notable Kadavuans

Well-known Kadavu names include Foreign Minister Kaliopate Tavola, Forests and Fisheries Minister Konisi Yabaki of Tiliva village, James Ah-Koy, Senator, former Minister for Finance and businessman, Apaitia Seru, former Minister for Justice and Chief Magistrate, Akuila Yabaki, a Methodist minister and political activist, and Ratu Josateki Nawalowalo, Chairman of the Kadavu Provincial Council and of the Fiji Kava Council. Yet another noted Kadavuan is Jesoni Vitusagavulu, Fiji's current Ambassador to the United States. Also Colonel Matereti Sarasau of Dagai village, Dr. Sitiveni Ratuva of Yale village, and Rev. Inoke Nabulivou of Dravuwalu village, past President of the Methodist Church in Fiji.

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