Penaia Ganilau

Education and early career

Ganilau was educated at Northern Provincial School, Queen Victoria Memorial School and Wadham College, Oxford University, whence he graduated from the Devonshire Course for administration officers in 1946. Returning to Fiji, he joined the Colonial Administration Service the following year, and served as a District Officer from 1948 to 1953. The following three years were spent in the Fiji Military Forces, from which he was discharged in 1956 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He became the Roko Tui Cakaudrove in 1956, his first administrative position. He subsequently returned to the civil service and became Deputy Secretary for Fijian Affairs in 1961.

Related Topics:
Northern Provincial School - Queen Victoria Memorial School - Wadham College - Oxford University - 1946 - 1948 - 1953 - Fiji Military Forces - 1956 - Lieutenant Colonel - Roko Tui Cakaudrove - 1961

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