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{{Short description|Fijian politician}}
{{Infobox Politician (general)
{{Infobox Politician (general)
| image = Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi, Radini Bau (wife of Roko Tui Bau - Dr Ratu Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata).jpg|thumbnail
| image = Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi, Radini Bau (wife of Roko Tui Bau - Dr Ratu Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata).jpg
| name = Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi
| name = ''Adi'' Losalini Raravuya Dovi
| title= Member of Legislative Council (Fiji) <br>[[Great Council of Chiefs]] Nominee
| term_start= 1966
| term_end= 1972
| predecessor= 1 of 2 New Seats nominated by the GCC
| successor= Nominee system removed; universal suffrage introduced
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| title2= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) <br> Eastern General National Constituency
| term_start2= 1972
| term_end2= 1977
| predecessor2= New Seat created by 1970 Constitution
| successor2= [[Charles Walker (Fijian Politician)|Charles Walker]]
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| title3= Assistant Minister of Women & Social Welfare
| term_start3=1966
| term_end3=1970
| predecessor3= Portfolio established with introduction of responsible internal self government
| successor3= Portfolio upgraded to status of full Minister
| title4= Minister of Women & Social Welfare
| term_start4=1970
| term_end4=1982
| predecessor4=
| successor4=
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| birth_date=
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| birth_place= Levuka, Ovalau
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| death_date=
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| death_place= Suva, Fiji
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| party=[[Alliance Party (Fiji)|Alliance Party]]
| residence= Tamavua, Suva, Fiji
| spouse= Dr [[Ratu]] [[J.A.R. Dovi|Ratu Dr. Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata]]
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| profession= Administrator
| religion= Methodist
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| title1= Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare
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'''[[Adi (title)|Adi]] Losalini Raravuya Dovi,''' was a Fijian politician, and lady of rank<ref name="Lal 2012 149–150">{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Dr. Brij V.|title=Fiji before the storm: Elections and the politics of development|year=2012|publisher=ANU E Press|isbn=<!--1922144630, -->9781922144638|pages=149–150|url=http://books.google.com.fj/books?id=_OzbL8p9ZQkC&pg=PA149&dq=adi+losalini&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N-gpUdXuDazNmgWujoHwBA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=adi%20losalini&f=false}}</ref> in Fiji's chiefly leadership.<ref name="Lal2006">{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Brij V.|title=Islands of turmoil: elections and politics in Fiji|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ImZSSkztAtYC&pg=PA52|accessdate=4 April 2011|date=January 2006|publisher=Asia Pacific Press|isbn=978-0-7315-3751-8|page=52}}</ref>
| term1 = 1975–1977


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| title3= Member of the [[House of Representatives of Fiji|House of Representatives]]
== Heritage & Family Life ==
| term3= 1972–1977
Adi Losalini was the eldest child of [[Ratu]] [[Taniela Uluiviti|Taniela Veikoso Uluiviti]] and [[Laisani Valotu]] (of [[Bau (island)|Bau]]). Her father was an early colonial administrator under her future brother-in-law and Fiji's elder statesman [[Lala Sukuna|Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Mara|first=Ratu Sir Kamisese|title=The Pacific Way: A Memoir|year=1997|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=0-8248-1880-6|page=22|url=http://books.google.com.fj/books?id=A6x-ZOGJYb4C&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=dr+ratu+dovi&source=bl&ots=jx2eFJi7Qa&sig=vpWCJPMrPBYUXOpjCcR5LMRshPs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SOUpUeS7BqyhiAeQqYGoDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=dr%20ratu%20dovi&f=false}}</ref> and served as District Officer Levuka under the Commissioner Eastern Division. He was a scion of the chiefly clan of the Tui Nairai or paramount chief of [[Nairai]] island in the [[Lomaiviti Province|Lomaiviti]] Group. The elder of her two younger brothers, the late [[Ratu]] Nacanieli Mataika Uluiviti also served in Fiji's Upper House as a Senator. Her younger sister [[Adi (title)|Adi]] Ilimaina Lawakulati Koto married [[Jale Toki Koto]] a long-serving member of the [[Suva City Council]]. Another younger sibling, [[Adi (title)|Adi]] Alisi Davila Walker is a well known elder and lay preacher of the [[Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma]] and is married to Losalini's fellow Alliance Party and Cabinet Member [[Charles Walker (Fijian Politician)|Charles Walker]]. Her youngest sister [[Adi (title)|Adi]] Mere Soloila Butadroka is the daughter-in-law of the well known [[Fijians|iTaukei]] Nationalist politician the late [[Sakeasi Butadroka]].
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| successor3= [[Asela Logavatu]]
| constituency3 = South-Eastern Fijian National


| term4= 1966–1972
Her husband, [[J.A.R. Dovi|Dr Ratu Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata]], was [[Roko Tui Bau]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Soszynski|first=Henry|title=Roko Tui Bau (chiefly title)|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/fiji/rokotuibau.html|work=World of Royalty|accessdate=24 February 2013}}</ref> a Fijian paramount chief and younger brother of [[Lala Sukuna|Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna]]. He was the colony's first fully qualified medical doctor,<ref>{{cite news|last=Biumaiono|first=Solomoni|title=Makogai's Legacy|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=196323|accessdate=24 February 2013|newspaper=Fiji Times|date=18 March 2012}}</ref> pursuing secondary education at the [[Wanganui]] Boys College completing matriculation at Otago University.
| constituency4 = Great Council of Chiefs
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| party=[[Alliance Party (Fiji)|Alliance Party]]


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They had four children: [[Joni Madraiwiwi|Ratu Joni Maenabua Tuimacilai Madraiwiwi]], [[Ratu]] Timoci Taniela Taliai Tavanavanua, [[Adi (title)|Adi]] Litiana Maopa, [[Adi (title)|Adi]] Viviana Valotu Sofi Veisaca.
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| birth_place= [[Levuka]], Fiji
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| death_date= 21 September 1983
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| death_place= [[Suva]], Fiji
| spouse= [[J.A.R. Dovi]]
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| profession= Administrator
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'''''[[Adi (title)|Adi]]''''' '''Losalini Raravuya Dovi''' {{post-nominals|OBE}} was a [[Fiji]]an politician and lady of rank in Fiji's chiefly leadership.<ref name="Lal 2012 149–150">{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Dr. Brij V.|title=Fiji before the storm: Elections and the politics of development|year=2012|publisher=ANU E Press|isbn= 9781922144638|pages=149–150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_OzbL8p9ZQkC&q=adi+losalini&pg=PA149}}</ref><ref name="Lal2006">{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Brij V.|title=Islands of turmoil: elections and politics in Fiji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImZSSkztAtYC&pg=PA52|accessdate=4 April 2011|date=January 2006|publisher=Asia Pacific Press|isbn=978-0-7315-3751-8|page=52}}</ref> In [[1966 Fijian general election|1966]] she was jointly one of the first women elected to parliament, serving in the House of Representatives until 1977. She also served as Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare from 1975 to 1977.
Her eldest son succeeded to his father's title and is a former [[Vice-President of Fiji]], a prominent lawyer and former High Court Judge.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palace Office|first=Lord Chamberlain|title=Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi appointed Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatonga|url=http://www.mic.gov.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1977:ratu-joni-madraiwiwi-to-the-life-peerage-with-the-noble-title-of-lord-madraiwiwi-tangatatonga|work=Tonga Government Portal|publisher=Kingdom of Tonga|accessdate=24 February 2013}}</ref>


==Biography==
She was widowed early in her political career with the death of her husband and proceeded to raise, and educate her children as a single parent.
Dovi was the eldest child of Ratu Taniela Uluiviti and Laisani Valotu of [[Bau (island)|Bau]]; her father was an early colonial administrator under her future brother-in-law [[Lala Sukuna]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mara|first=Ratu Sir Kamisese|title=The Pacific Way: A Memoir|year=1997|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=0-8248-1880-6|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6x-ZOGJYb4C&q=dr+ratu+dovi&pg=PA22}}</ref> The elder of her two younger brothers, [[Nat Uluiviti]], played cricket and rugby union for Fiji and later became a Senator.


After attending the Methodist mission school in [[Suva]], Dovi began working for the Fijian Affairs Board as a clerk.<ref name=PIM1>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339800523/view?partId=nla.obj-339875986#page/n72/mode/1up Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', November 1983, p73</ref> She later worked for [[Lala Sukuna]] as his private secretary.<ref name=PIM1/> She married [[J.A.R. Dovi]], Sukuna's younger brother, who served as [[Roko Tui Bau]] and was the first Fijian to quality as a doctor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Soszynski|first=Henry|title=Roko Tui Bau (chiefly title)|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/fiji/rokotuibau.html|work=World of Royalty|accessdate=24 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Biumaiono|first=Solomoni|title=Makogai's Legacy|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=196323|accessdate=24 February 2013|newspaper=Fiji Times|date=18 March 2012}}</ref> They had four children: [[Joni Madraiwiwi]] (later Vice President of Fiji), Timoci Taniela Taliai Tavanavanua, Litiana Maopa and Viviana Valotu Sofi Veisaca. Dovi later worked for [[Malcolm Trustram Eve, 1st Baron Silsoe|Malcolm Trustram Eve]] when he headed enquiries into the sugar and coconut industries, and served as president of the Fiji National Council of Women.<ref name=PIM1/>
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== Member of Legislative Council ==


In 1966 she joined the new Alliance Party and was briefly its secretary.<ref>{{cite book|last=Howard|first=Michael C.|title=Fiji: Race and Politics in an Island State|year=1991|publisher=UBC Press|location=Vancouver BC|isbn=0-7748-0368-1|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bwzm1w-nPXoC&q=adi+losalini+dovi+part+secretary&pg=PA109}}</ref> In the same year, she was [[1966 Fijian general election|elected]] to the [[Legislative Council of Fiji|Legislative Council]] as one of two representatives of the [[Great Council of Chiefs]], becoming one of the first female members alongside [[Loloma Livingston]] and [[Irene Jai Narayan]]. She was re-elected in [[1972 Fijian general election|1972]] from the South-Eastern Fijian [[National constituencies|national constituency]]. Following the elections, she was appointed Government Whip. In 1975 she became Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare, the first woman to hold a ministerial post. However, she was not nominated for the [[March 1977 Fijian general election|March 1977 elections]] and lost her seat.<ref name=PIM1/>
In 1966, she was nominated by the [[Great Council of Chiefs]] to be one of the first<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Era Bell|title=Paradise Returned: Nation time comes to the Fiji Islands|url=http://books.google.com.fj/books?id=gNoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86&dq=adi+losalini&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N-gpUdXuDazNmgWujoHwBA&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=adi%20losalini&f=false|work=Ebony|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|accessdate=24 February 2013|authorlink=Paradise Returned: Nation time comes to the Fiji Islands|pages=86, 89|pages=84–91|language=|date=February 1971|quote="Adi (Princess) Losalini Dovi, only Fijian woman Member in the House, agrees."}}</ref> pioneer lady members. The [[Legislative Council of Fiji|Legislative Council]] at the time was composed of Fijian, European and Indian Members (MLCs) who held communal seats restricted to their respective races. At the time Europeans and Indians elected their members while the Fijians elect the majority and retained nomination by the ''Great Council of Chiefs'' for two.


Dovi was awarded an OBE in the [[1978 Birthday Honours]]. She died in September 1983 at the age of 53.<ref name=PIM1/>
For the 1966 session she was nominated and Loma Livingstone was elected for a European seat and they were the first two lady MLCs. [[Irene Jai Narayan]] joined them when she beat [[Andrew Deoki]] in the Suva Indian Communal seat [[Fijian by-elections, 1968|1968 by-election]].

== Member of House of Representatives ==

Adi Losalini Dovi was elected to Fiji's [[House of Representatives of Fiji|House of Representatives]] in the [[Fijian general election, 1972|1972]], [[Fijian general election, March 1977|1977 (March)]], [[Fijian general election, September 1977|1977 (September)]] and [[Fijian general election, 1982|1982 elections]].

== Member of Alliance Party ==

Losalini joined the Alliance at its founding and was Party Secretary for a short period, although she was quickly replaced<ref>{{cite book|last=Howard|first=Michael C.|title=Fiji: Race and Politics in an Island State|year=1991|publisher=UBC Press|location=Vancouver BC|isbn=0-7748-0368-1|page=109|url=http://books.google.com.fj/books?id=Bwzm1w-nPXoC&pg=PA109&dq=adi+losalini+dovi+part+secretary&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ge4pUbDmIqbmmAWkj4DwBw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=adi%20losalini%20dovi%20part%20secretary&f=false}}</ref> by Isimeli Bose, a younger more energetic and well-educated party member.

She also served as the Government Whip in the very first session of Fiji's newly constituted post-independence Parliament,<ref name="Lal2006"/> and a member of Cabinet in the portfolios of Urban Development, Women and Social Welfare.<ref name="Lal 2012 149–150"/>

== Illness & Death ==

She fell victim to cancer in the early 1980s and succumbed in late 1983.


==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:22, 4 April 2024

Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi
Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare
In office
1975–1977
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1972–1977
Succeeded byAsela Logavatu
ConstituencySouth-Eastern Fijian National
In office
1966–1972
ConstituencyGreat Council of Chiefs
Personal details
BornLevuka, Fiji
Died21 September 1983
Suva, Fiji
Political partyAlliance Party
SpouseJ.A.R. Dovi
ProfessionAdministrator

Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi OBE was a Fijian politician and lady of rank in Fiji's chiefly leadership.[1][2] In 1966 she was jointly one of the first women elected to parliament, serving in the House of Representatives until 1977. She also served as Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare from 1975 to 1977.

Biography

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Dovi was the eldest child of Ratu Taniela Uluiviti and Laisani Valotu of Bau; her father was an early colonial administrator under her future brother-in-law Lala Sukuna.[3] The elder of her two younger brothers, Nat Uluiviti, played cricket and rugby union for Fiji and later became a Senator.

After attending the Methodist mission school in Suva, Dovi began working for the Fijian Affairs Board as a clerk.[4] She later worked for Lala Sukuna as his private secretary.[4] She married J.A.R. Dovi, Sukuna's younger brother, who served as Roko Tui Bau and was the first Fijian to quality as a doctor.[5][6] They had four children: Joni Madraiwiwi (later Vice President of Fiji), Timoci Taniela Taliai Tavanavanua, Litiana Maopa and Viviana Valotu Sofi Veisaca. Dovi later worked for Malcolm Trustram Eve when he headed enquiries into the sugar and coconut industries, and served as president of the Fiji National Council of Women.[4]

In 1966 she joined the new Alliance Party and was briefly its secretary.[7] In the same year, she was elected to the Legislative Council as one of two representatives of the Great Council of Chiefs, becoming one of the first female members alongside Loloma Livingston and Irene Jai Narayan. She was re-elected in 1972 from the South-Eastern Fijian national constituency. Following the elections, she was appointed Government Whip. In 1975 she became Assistant Minister for Urban Development and Social Welfare, the first woman to hold a ministerial post. However, she was not nominated for the March 1977 elections and lost her seat.[4]

Dovi was awarded an OBE in the 1978 Birthday Honours. She died in September 1983 at the age of 53.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lal, Dr. Brij V. (2012). Fiji before the storm: Elections and the politics of development. ANU E Press. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9781922144638.
  2. ^ Lal, Brij V. (January 2006). Islands of turmoil: elections and politics in Fiji. Asia Pacific Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7315-3751-8. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ^ Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese (1997). The Pacific Way: A Memoir. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8248-1880-6.
  4. ^ a b c d e Adi Losalini Raravuya Dovi Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1983, p73
  5. ^ Soszynski, Henry. "Roko Tui Bau (chiefly title)". World of Royalty. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ Biumaiono, Solomoni (18 March 2012). "Makogai's Legacy". Fiji Times. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ^ Howard, Michael C. (1991). Fiji: Race and Politics in an Island State. Vancouver BC: UBC Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-7748-0368-1.
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