- Govind Swamy
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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Vanua Levu North and West National Constituency
term_start= 1987
term_end= 1987
predecessor= Dr Santa Singh
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birth_date= 1951
birth_place= Labasa, Fiji
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party= Fiji Labour Party
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profession= Teacher
religion= Hindu
footnotes=Govind Swamy (born 1951) is a
Fiji Indian who was a teacher for many years before being elected to the House of Representatives of Fiji.He was born in
Labasa and after qualifying as an industrial arts teacher taught for eighteen years. In1987 he resigned from his teaching position to contest the Vanua Levu North and West National Constituency for the NFP-Labour Coalition. He won the seat with a comfortable margin, but was a member of Parliament for a month when the military coup of 1987 prematurely ended his political career. cite book |last=Howard |first=Michael |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Fiji: Race and politics in an island stste |year=1991 |publisher= UBC Press|location=Vancouver |isbn= 0-7748-0368-1 | pages p.378]References
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