Kubuna Confederacy
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Kubuna is one of three confederacies which comprise Fiji's House of Chiefs, to which all of Fiji's chiefs belong. It consists of the provinces of Tailevu, Naitasiri, Lomaiviti, and parts of the western provinces of Ba, Ra.
The capital of this confederacy is Bau Island in Tailevu Province.
The Paramount Chief of Kubuna, who is generally considered to be the highest-ranked chief in Fiji, is the Vunivalu of Bau. This position has been vacant since the death of Ratu Sir George Cakobau, a former Governor General, in 1989. Succession is not necessarily from father to son, although there is a hereditary element. Currently, there are four eligible contenders, namely Ratu George Cakobau, Jr., his brother Ratu Epenisa Cakobau, Ratu George Kadavulevu Naulivou, and former Vice-President Ratu Jope Seniloli. It is thought that clan politics is part of the reason why none of these candidates has, of yet, been installed.
Another high chief from Kubuna is the Roko Tui Bau, currently Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, the Vice-President of Fiji. According to sources within the Great Council of Chiefs (a traditional body which, among other things, functions as an electoral college to choose the President and Vice-President), he was chosen for the Vice-Presidency because it was thought that as President Ratu Josefa Iloilo was from the Burebasaga and his predecessor, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara from Tovata, the current Vice-President should be from Kubuna.
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