Jonati Mavoa

Jonati Malamala Mavoa CMG (12 April 1920 – 16 June 1985) was a Fijian civil servant and politician.

Born in Kabara in April 1920,[1] Mavoa was a civil servant and in 1955 became the first Fijian to be appointed a clerk to the Legislative Council.

[2] He resigned from the civil service in 1966 to join the Alliance Party and stand in the elections to the Legislative Council in the Lau–Rotuma Fijian communal constituency.

[6] In 1983 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Civil Aviation and Tourism.

He died in Auckland in June 1985, having been taken to New Zealand for medical treatment following a fall at his home.