| Dewan Chand | |
| Constituency Mp11: | Laucala Indian |
| Parliament11: | Fijian |
| Term Start11: | 13 May 2006 |
| Term End11: | 5 December 2006 |
| Predecessor11: | Kamlesh Kumar Arya |
| Successor11: | None (Parliament disestablished) |
| Party: | Fiji Labour Party |
| Profession: | Teacher, Trade Unionist |
Dewan Chand is a Indo-Fijian educationist, politician and convicted sex abuser.
Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union before joining politics.[1] He was elected to Parliament as a Fiji Labour Party candidate in the 2006 Fijian general election, winning 90% of the votes cast in the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency.[2] He lost his seat when parliament was dissolved following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état.
In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association.[3]
In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment.[4] The conviction was upheld on appeal.[5] He was subsequently sacked from the Fiji Football Association.[6]