Ravuvu, Asesela

Asesela Ravuvu (10 May 1931 — 11 March 2008) was a Fijian academic and political leader. The Director of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific, Professor Ravuvu was appointed to the Fijian Senate by the Great Council of Chiefs in 2001, to one of the 14 Senate seats (out of 32 in total) allocated to the Great Council. As of September 2005, he held the position of Leader of the House in the Senate, but retired from this body in 2006. He was from the Province of Naitasiri and was born and brought up in the highlands of Viti Levu in the village of Nakorosule. He deemed himself a "Kai-Colo" meaning from the highlands and remained a true Fijian at heart.