--- title: "4 Josefa Iloilo Quotes - Famous Politician" description: "Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, was a Fijian politician who served as the 3rd President of Fiji from 2000 until 2009 following the 2000 Fijian coup d'é..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josefa-iloilo-53231.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Josefa Iloilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josefa-iloilo-53231.jpg) # Josefa Iloilo (1920–2011) Politician Fiji **4** quotes in **53** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Josefa Iloilo was a politician from Fiji. ## Quick Facts About Josefa Iloilo Born December 29, 1920 Died February 6, 2011 Nationality Fiji Profession Politician Spouse Kavu Iloilo ## About Josefa Iloilo Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, was a Fijian politician who served as the 3rd President of Fiji from 2000 until 2009 following the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, excluding a brief period from 5 December 2006 to 4 January 2007 amid the 2006 coup d'état. He held the traditional title of Tui Vuda, the paramount chief of the Vuda district in Ba Province on Fiji's northwest coast. Like many Fijian people, he rarely used his surname and was known simply as Josefa Iloilo. He announced on 28 July 2009 that he would be leaving office on 30 July. At the age of 88, he was the world's oldest head of state. ## Awards & Honors Order of Saint John Member of the Order of the British Empire companion of the Order of Fiji, general division ## Quotes by Josefa Iloilo > [Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josefa-iloilo/let-us-make-a-pledge-now-to-help-fiji-through-this-very-important/) [Josefa Iloilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josefa-iloilo/) [Be patient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-patient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/josefa-iloilo-65636_be-patient_let-us-make-a-pledge-now-to-help-fiji-th_636523.jpg) > [Give me your trust and confidence, knowing that what I seek is for the good of Fiji, for the good of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josefa-iloilo/give-me-your-trust-and-confidence-knowing-that-what-i-seek-is-for-the/) [Josefa Iloilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josefa-iloilo/) [Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/josefa-iloilo-65636_confidence_give-me-your-trust-and-confidence-knowin_730309.jpg) > [I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josefa-iloilo/i-will-from-this-day-strive-to-forge-togetherness-out-of-our/) [Josefa Iloilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josefa-iloilo/) [Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/josefa-iloilo-65636_day_i-will-from-this-day-strive-to-forge-tog_1680276.jpg) > [We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josefa-iloilo/we-need-to-reach-that-happy-stage-of-our-development-when-differences/) [Josefa Iloilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josefa-iloilo/) [Development](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/development/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/josefa-iloilo-65636_development_we-need-to-reach-that-happy-stage-of-our_2325599.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josefa-iloilo/#itemlist", "name": "Josefa Iloilo Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. 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