Damodaran Nair Explained

Damodaran Nair
Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Tavua Open Constituency
Term Start:2004
Term End:2006
Predecessor:Pravin Singh
Successor:vacant
Party:Fiji Labour Party

Damodaran Nair is a former Fijian politician of Indian descent and a lawyer,[1] who held the Tavua Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP)[2] [3] in a by-election on 17 January 2004 following the death of the incumbent, Pravin Singh, in an automobile accident in late 2003. Nair was re-elected in the May 2006 parliamentary election.[4] His parliamentary career was ended by the military coup of 5 December 2006.

In January 2009, Nair appealed for help for people from the district of Tavua affected by severe flooding.[5]

References

  1. Web site: I’m Committed to Serve People: Nair . 2023-08-26 . fijisun.com.fj . en-US.
  2. Web site: Parliament of Fiji . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706210029/http://www.parliament.gov.fj/mp/mp.aspx?mpID=106 . July 6, 2010.
  3. Web site: Labour in a Landslide Victory . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110219034900/http://www.flp.org.fj/n040121.htm . February 19, 2011.
  4. News: September 2021 . REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 25 AUGUST TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2001 . Fiji government website .
  5. Web site: Nair pleads for assistance . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717070403/www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=111724 . July 17, 2012.