Amjad Ali

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name= Amjad Ali


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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) Nadi Urban Indian Communal Constituency
term_start= 1999
term_end= 2006
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successor= Gunasagaran Gounder
title2= Nadi Open Constituency
term_start2= 2006
term_end2= 2006
predecessor2=Krishna Prasad
successor2= vacant
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religion= Muslim
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:"For the UAE cricketer of the same name see Amjad Ali (cricketer)"

Amjad Ali is a Fiji Indian politician. In the House of Representatives he represented the Nadi Urban Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, from 1999 to 2006, having held the seat for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the general elections of 1999 and 2001. At the 2006 general election, he transferred to the Nadi Open Constituency and held it for the 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 13 July 2000 after 56 days of captivity. [ [http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/docs_c/activities_report_2000.htm Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000] ]

He had made an unsuccessful attempt to win the Nadi Urban Indian Communal seat in the 1994 general elections, losing to his National Federation Party opponent. [ The Fiji Times - Monday, February 28, 1994 ]

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