The president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, has asked the interim government to stay in power.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

Ratu Mara died in 2004, but his family played a critical role in backing the 2006 coup.

ECONOMIST: Tensions between neighbours rise

But Ratu Mara's influence remains strong, and members of his family hold positions in the new government.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

He demanded the removal from office of the previous president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the country's principal post-independence leader.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

Dr Mooryati Soedibyo is the founder of Indonesian cosmetics company, Mustiksa Ratu.

FORBES: Indonesia

He has also dismissed Fiji's veteran president, Ratu (Chief) Sir Kamisese Mara, as Mr Speight had demanded, and installed himself as head of state.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

He died alongside Fiji-born Pte Ratu Silibaravi, 32, when a mortar round hit their operating base in the northern part of the Nahr-e Saraj district.

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Cpl Andrew Roberts from Middlesbrough, and Fiji-born Pte Ratu Silibaravi were killed in a mortar attack on their base in Helmand province in May 2012.

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Besides members of Mr Chaudhry's Fiji Labour Party, prominent members of the family of the late president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, have taken important portfolios.

ECONOMIST: The new regime may find it hard to return to democracy

Mr Mara's brother-in-law is the current president, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.

ECONOMIST: Tensions between neighbours rise

Like Samoa, both Fiji and Tonga have lost former heads of state in recent years: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, a former president of Fiji, died in 2004 and King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga died in 2006.

ECONOMIST: Malietoa Tanumafili II