Interview with Kaliopate Tavola: Commonwealth Oral History Project

Onslow, Sue and Tavola, Kaliopate and Craggs, Ruth Interview with Kaliopate Tavola: Commonwealth Oral History Project. [Transcribed text] (Unpublished)

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Interview with Kaliopate Tavola, conducted 10th April 2014 in Suva, Fiji, as part of the Commonwealth Oral History Project. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation. Biography: Tavola, Kaliopate. 1946- . Born in Dravuni, Fiji. Agricultural Economist with the Fijian Ministry of Agriculture, 1973-1984. Counsellor with the Fijian High Commission, London, 1984-88. Ambassador to Belgium, 1988-98, simultaneously accredited to France, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg and Greece, as well as to UNESCO and the WTO. Foreign Minister of Fiji, 2000-2006.

Item Type	Transcribed text
Keywords	Australia, China, CHOGM, Democracy, Elections, European Economic Community, Fiji, Good Governance, New Zealand, Queen, Reflections, Small States, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe (see also Rhodesia)
Subjects	Human Rights & Development Studies History Politics
Divisions	Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Date Deposited	09 Feb 2015 13:25
Last Modified	06 Aug 2024 03:15