Perumal Mupnar

Infobox Politician (general)
name= Perumal Mupnar


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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency
term_start= 2001
term_end= 2006
predecessor= Gunasagaran Gounder
successor= Adi Sivia Qoro
title2= Nadi Rural Indian Communal Constituency
term_start2= 2006
term_end2= 2006
predecessor2=Gunasagaran Gounder
successor2= vacant
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religion= Hindu
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Perumal Mupnar is a Fijian politician of Indian descent, who held the Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party in the parliamentary election of 2001. In the parliametnary election held on 6-13 May 2006, he transferred to the Nadi Rural Indian Communal Constituency and held it for the FLP.

He was appointed a Senator following the 1999 election. [ [http://www.apo-tokyo.org/gp/e_publi/gsc/0404APPENDICES.pdf Top Forum on Green Productivity] ]

In 2003 he was one of the 14 FLP parliamentarians offered a cabinet position in the multi - party cabinet by Laisenia Qarase. He was offered the portfolio of Ministry for Transport but the FLP members did not take up the offer as they regarded the portfolios to be trivial. [ [http://www.fiji.gov.fj/cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/8/1196/printer PM announces 14 FLP Ministers] ]

After the 2006 general election, he became the Fiji Labour Party Whip in the House of Representatives. [ [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:UZCAJWobBl8J:stuckinfijimud.blogspot.com/2006_06_11_archive.html+%22Perumal+Mupnar%22+%2B+Minister&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4 PM Qarase to discipline Cabinet minister ] ]

He fell out with FLP leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, after speaking out against Chaudhry's choice of Senators following the 2006 election. [ [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:QIkAXF9beBYJ:www.ecsiep.org/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D631%26Itemid%3D92+%22Perumal+Mupnar%22+%2B+Minister&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12 Fiji Labour MP says there are no grounds for him to be expelled from party] ]

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