Taito Waqavakatoga

Taito Waqavakatoga (5 August 1944 — 12 December 2017) was a Fijian politician and former civil servant who served as President of the Senate of Fiji from 2001 to 2006.

Works Waqavakatoga worked as a civil servant, beginning as a Field Assistant in the Agriculture Department. In December 2004 he was referred to the privileges committee for his management of the chamber. When Senator Inoke Takiveikata was jailed for treason over the coup, Waqavakatoga waited a year before stripping him of his seat, during which time Takiveikata continued to receive his salary. On 7 December 2005, Waqavakatoga confirmed that he was the coordinator of a local group affiliated to the Inter Religious Federation for World Peace International, which has ties to the controversial Unification Church. He joined Opposition Leader Mahendra Chaudhry in criticizing a government decision to ban Moon, who had been scheduled to address a conference in Nadi on 6 December, from visiting Fiji.

Death From 2007 to 2009 he served on the board of the Fiji Visitors Bureau. He died on his farm in Navua in December 2017.