Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji
Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji is held on May 25. The celebrations in honor of Fiji's first modern statesman actually begin a week early. This event in the third decade of the month May is annual.
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Sukuna was created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1939 and awarded a knighthood in 1946, in recognition of his services to Fiji. After receiving a second knighthood KCMG in 1953, Ratu Sukuna was appointed the first native-born Speaker (politics) of the Legislative Council in 1954.
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