Hikmat Singh Verma Explained

Hikmat Singh Verma
Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Laucala Indian Communal Constituency
Term Start:1999
Term End:2006
Successor:Kamlesh Kumar Arya
Birth Date:1955/1956
Birth Place:Fiji
Death Date:22 July 2021
Death Place:Suva, Fiji
Party:Fiji Labour Party
Profession:Teacher

Hikmat Singh Verma (1955/1956 – 22 July 2021) was a Fiji Indian politician.

He won the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency, one of the 19 seats reserved for Fiji citizens of Indian origin, for the Fiji Labour Party during the 1999 elections for the House of Representatives.[1]

On 19 May 2000, he was among the 44 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.

He died at age 65 on 22 July 2021, from COVID-19 in Suva during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections 1999 Results By The Count . 2009-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119161945/http://www.elections.gov.fj/results1999/constituencies/40.html . 2008-11-19 . dead .
  2. Web site: Fijilive - Former MP succumbs to COVID-19. 2021-07-24. fijilive.com.