Ratu Meli Bolobolo (died 16 February 2015) was a Fijian chief[1] and academic, who lectured at the Fiji Institute of Technology.
[2] Bolobolo was installed on 30 September 2005 as the third in his family from the Uluda Household within the Mataqali Tunavitilevu and Tokatoka VaividiTu Navitilevu, or Paramount Chief of Rakiraki, in Ra Province.
All key figures of Bolobolo faction have now passed on, Ratu Meli, Rasekaya Tanoa and Jioji Banuve.
Ratu Meli Bolobolo was a member of the Vaividi clan which gave him a rightful claim to the title equal to that of any other male in the Tokatoka.
Records in the NLC and Archives, including studies by American anthropologist Martha Kaplan - author of "Neither Cargo Nor Cult", do not have a Bolobolo listed as Tunavitilevu.
Ratu Meli's younger brother Ratu Emori Bolobolo a former Fijian National Rugby Rep and pioneering International Rugby player in France is expected to ascend the seat of Tunavitilevu according to a ruling of the NLC Tribunal in 2005 which by default ensured that the Bolobolo family retained the Chiefly title until they decided to hand it over to the other two households who make up the tokatoka- Nayabai (also known as Nagaunavou-Naitura) and Vailose (the Katalau).