Kuini Speed

Kuini Speed

Adi Kuini Teimumu Vuikaba Speed (23 December 1949 - 31 December 2004) was a Fijian chief and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister in 1999 and 2000.

She was the head girl at Adi Cakobau School in 1968, and went on to graduate from the University of the South Pacific and from the Australian National University in Canberra. She subsequently pursued a career in the Public Relations Office, which later became the Ministry of Information. On behalf of the Fiji Public Service Association, she led several delegations to the United Nations.