Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Fijian_government
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:born February 12, 1918
gptkbp:celebrates Ganilau_House_in_Fiji
Ganilau_Park_in_Fiji
Ganilau_Road_in_Suva
Statue_in_Suva
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ratu_Jone_Ganilau
gptkb:Ratu_Tevita_Ganilau
gptkb:Penaia_Ganilau_Jr.
gptkbp:culturalImpact Fijian_identity
gptkbp:died February 19, 1993
gptkbp:education gptkb:Queen_Victoria_School
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First indigenous Governor-General of Fiji
gptkbp:honorificPrefix KBE
Ratu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
gptkbp:inception Fiji's_independence_from_Britain
gptkbp:influenced Fijian_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Fijian_independence_movement
gptkb:Fijian_chiefs
British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:knownFor Role_in_Fijian_independence
gptkbp:legacy Fijian_leadership
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Fiji_Military_Forces
gptkbp:nationality Fijian
iTaukei
gptkbp:notableWork Constitution of Fiji 1990
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Nabua, Fiji
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Suva,_Fiji
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Fiji's_constitutional_development
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Alliance_Party_of_Fiji
gptkbp:politicalRole Fiji's_national_honors
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Governor-General_of_Fiji
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition National_Memorial_Day_in_Fiji
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Sir_George_Cakobau
gptkbp:rank Major-General
gptkbp:relatedTo Fijian_governance
Fijian_society
Fijian_culture
Fiji's_political_history
gptkbp:significantEvent 1987 coup d'état
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Adeline_Ganilau
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ratu_Sir_Kamisese_Mara
gptkbp:termEnd 1987
gptkbp:termStart 1983