Teimumu Kepa
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The Honourable Ro Teimumu Kepa MP |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 6 October 2014 – 24 June 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Frank Bainimarama |
| Preceded by | Mick Beddoes |
| Succeeded by | Sitiveni Rabuka |
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| Born | 18 December 1945 |
| Political party | Social Democratic Liberal |
Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Kepa (born 18 December 1945) is a Fijian chief, Member of the Parliament of Fiji, and former leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party. She was elected Leader of the Opposition on October 6, 2014, becoming the first Fijian woman to hold this position. She served in this position till June 24, 2016 when former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was elected to replace her at the Social Democratic Liberal Party annual general meeting. She previously held the position of deputy Prime Minister in the Qarase-led Soqosoqo Duavata Lewenivanua (SDL) government from 2001 to 2006. As the paramount chief of the Burebasaga Confederacy, she holds the title Na Gone Marama Bale Na Roko Tui Dreketi. She is originally from Lomanikoro, Rewa, and has maternal links to Nadroga.
Kepa graduated from the University of the South Pacific with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She served as Principal of Corpus Christi College and then as a students' coordinator at the University of the South Pacific.
She succeeded her late sister, former Ro Lady Lala Mara, as Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief of Dreketi, in 2004. This is considered to be the highest title in the Burebasaga Confederacy, one of three "confederacies", or tribal networks, of Fijian chiefs.
Ro Teimumu Kepa is the widow of Sailosi Kepa, a former High Commissioner to London, Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1988–1992), who went on to become a High Court Judge, Ombudsman, and first chairman of Fiji's Human Rights Commission.
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