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Name; Adi Kuini Teimumu Vuikaba Bavadra Date of Birth: December 23, 1949 Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts in History/ Politics/Administration (University of the South Pacific) Last position held in government; Principal Administrative Officer (Public Service Commission); acted as Director (Personnel Division), Public Service Commission Civil service career: 1970-1974 Cadet Officer/Clerical Officer, Public Service Commission; 1975-1984 Translator/In formation Officer/Principal Information Officer, Ministry of Information; 1985- 1989 Principal Administrative Officer, Public Service Commission Primary school education: Navua Indian School (1954-1956), Namalata District School (Kadavu) (1957-1959), Delana Mis sion School (Levuka) (1960), Levuka Public School (1961) Secondary school education: Adi Cakobau School (1962-1968), Suva Grammar
School. Passed NZ University Entrance, (1969) School prizes; (1967) Adi Cakobau School Principal’s Prize for character, 1968 Adi Cakobau School’s Head Girl Prize.
Conferences and overseas courses: Septem ber-December 1978 Public relations course for overseas information officers, London; represented Fiji Public Service Association women at World Conference organised by Public Service International, November 1984, New York; Head of the Official Fiji delegation to Nairobi at the World Conference on the United Nation End of the Decade for Women.
Positions held in service organisations: Past president of Fiji Public Servants Associa tion women’s wing; past president of Adi Cakobau School Old Girls’ Association; im mediate past president of University of South Pacific Alumini Association (ex USP Student Association); Secretary Coordina tor of Suva Hibiscus Festival Association; active memberof the Viseisei Methodist Church. □