- Dewan Chand
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Dewan Chand House of Representatives (Fiji)
Laucala Indian Communal ConstituencyIn office
2006–2006Preceded by Kamlesh Kumar Arya Succeeded by vacant (Parliament dissolved by military coup) Personal details Political party Fiji Labour Party Profession Teacher, Trade Unionist Religion Hindu Dewan Chand is a Fiji Indian educationist and politician who won the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency for the Labour Party in 2006 general election, getting 90% of the votes cast.[1]
Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union before joining politics.[2]
He has also been the director of a training institution in Fiji, The New Zealand Pacific Training Centre (NZPTC)[3]
In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association.[4]
References
- ^ Election results by the count
- ^ FLP names first lot of candidates
- ^ Local diplomas carry overseas common seals
- ^ Navua’s Sharma joins Fiji FA chiefs
Categories:- Indo-Fijian people
- People from Suva
- Fijian trade unionists
- Fiji Labour Party politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives of Fiji
- Fijian Hindus
- Living people
- Fijian politician stubs
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