Roko Tui Dreketi
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The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fiji's Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs. This title is considered the second most senior in Fiji's House of Chiefs. The dynasty holding the title is the Tuisawau family. Unlike many other chiefly titles, this one is not reserved for males.
The present Roko Tui Dreketi is Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Tuisawau-Kepa, who is also the Minister for Education in the Qarase government. She succeeded her late sister Ro Lady Lala Mara, Fiji's former First Lady, in 2004.
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- Note that the table below contains incomplete information. The period from 1839 through 1845 was a time of confusion, with rival claims to the title.
| Order | Roko Tui Dreketi | Reigned | Lived |
| 1. | Roko Tabaivalu | 1825 - 1839 | ? - 1839 |
| 2. | Koroitamana | 1839 | ? - 1839 |
| 3. | Bativuaka | 1839 | ? - 1839 |
| 4. | Macanavai | 1839 | ? - 1839 |
| 5. | Cokanauto | 1839 - 1841 | 1810 - 1851 |
| 6. | Qaraniqio | 1839 - 1840 | ? - 26 January 1855 |
| 7. | Banuve | 1839 - 1845 | ? - December 1845 |
| . | Cokanauto | 1845 - 1851 | (s.a.) |
| . | Qaraniqio | 1851 - 1855 | (s.a.) |
| 8. | B.V. Rabici | 1855 - 1874 | ? - ? |
| 9. | Ratu Timoci Tavanavanua | 1874 - 1888 | 1847 - 1888 |
| 10. | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 11. | Ratu Lutunauga Tuisawau | ? - 1936 | ? - 1945 |
| 12. | Ratu George Cokanauto Tuisawau | 1936 - 1974 | 1904 - 1974 |
| 13. | Ro Lady Lala Tuisawau-Mara | 1974 - 2004 | 3 January 1931 - 20 July 2004 |
| 14. | Ro Teimumu Tuisawau-Kepa | 2004 - present | b. ? |
