Lesi Korovavala is a former Fijian civil servant, who served as the chief executive officer of the Ministry for Home Affairs.
He later studied at Lancaster University, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in Defence and Security Analysis and a PhD in political science.
[2] In 2003 he retired from the RFMF with the rank of lieutenant colonel in order to become a public servant, becoming Deputy then Secretary for Home Affairs and Immigration.
[3] In June 2005 Korovavala ordered Bainimarama to end the military's public relations campaign against the government's Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill.
[4] In December 2005 Bainimarama blamed Korovavala for delays in convening a court martial to retry 20 members of the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit who had mutinied during the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, and publicly threatened to remove him so as to gain direct access to Home Affairs Minister Josefa Vosanibola.