Gaffar Ahmed

Infobox Politician (general)
name= Gaffar Ahmed


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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) Ba West Indian Communal Constituency
term_start= 1995
term_end= 2006
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successor= Narendra Kumar Padarath
title2= Member of Senate (Fiji)
Leader of Opposition's nominee
term_start2= 2006
term_end2= 2006
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title3=Assistant Minister for Home Affairs (Fiji)
term_start3=1999
term_end3=2000
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party= Fiji Labour Party
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profession= Police Officer
religion= Muslim
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Gaffar Ahmed is a Fiji Labour Party (FLP) Fijian politician of Indian descent. Ahmed, a former police officer, represented the Ba West Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, from 1995 to 2006.

Ahmed was Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Peoples Coalition Government from 1999 to 2000. [ [http://lawakibeqa.tripod.com/achievements.htm Achievements of FLP] ]

On 19 May 2000, He was among the 43 members of the People's Coalition Government, led by Mahendra Chaudhry, taken hostage by George Speight and his band of rebel Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers from the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit. He was released on 21 May 2000, after he signed a paper resigning his seat in Parliament. [ [http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/docs_c/activities_report_2000.htm Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000] ]

In 2003, Ahmed was offered the portfolio of Minister for Prisons, together with 13 other FLP parliamentarians who were offered cabinet positions by the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase but the FLP refused to accept this offer. [ [http://www.fiji.gov.fj/cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/8/1196/printer PM announces 14 FLP Ministers] ]

Earlier, he had expressed his intention to contest the Magodro Open Constituency in the House of Representatives, but announced his withdrawal on 11 April 2006, citing financial difficulties but was appointed to the Senate as one of eight nominees of the Leader of the Opposition. [ [http://www.parliament.gov.fj/mp/senate_list.aspx Parliament of the Fiji Islands] ]

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