Filipe Bole | |
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![]() Bole in 2012 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji | |
In office June 1992[1] โ 1993 - ? Serving with Timoci Vesikula | |
Prime Minister | Sitiveni Rabuka |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 August 1936 |
Died | 19 June 2019 |
Filipe Nagera Bole CBE, CF (23 August 1936 โ 19 June 2019) was a Fijian politician who hailed from the village of Mualevu on the island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau Group. He had a reputation as one of Fiji's few politicians untainted by scandal, and was noted for his moderate views. In October 2003, he endorsed calls for an end to racially segregated voting, saying that electing all members of the House of Representatives by universal suffrage would make voters and politicians think of the common national good, rather than communal interests.