Timoci Bavadra
Timoci Uluivunda Bavadra (
1934-
1989) was a medical doctor who served for one month as the
Prime Minister of
Fiji in
1987 and who founded the
Fiji Labour Party. Bavadra led a government that garnered support from both of the country's ethnic groups, a rarity in Fijian politics. He was also opposed to nuclear testing, which caused the
United States to back Sitiveni Rabuka in the coup that brought down Bavadra's government. Ratu Sir
Kamisese Mara then took office as prime minister. Bavadra died two years later of
cancer.