Vijay Chand Explained

Vijay Chand
Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Labasa Indian Communal Constituency
Term Start:2006
Term End:2006
Predecessor:James Shri Krishna
Successor:vacant (Parliament dissolved by military coup)
Party:Fiji Labour Party
Profession:Administrative Officer

Vijay Chand is a Fiji Indian politician who won the Labasa Indian Communal Constituency for the Labour Party in 2006 general election.[1]

Prior to entering politics he was an Information Officer with the Ministry of Information, Fiji.[2]

In 2009, after the military administration of Frank Bainimarama dismissed all city and town councils, Chand was appointed the Administrator of the towns of Labasa and Savusavu on the island of Vanua Levu.[3] He still holds these positions as of 2015.[4]

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927153657/http://www.elections.gov.fj/results2006/constituencies/45.html Election results by the count
  2. https://archive.today/20120730064134/http://www.flp.org.fj/n060328.htm FLP names first lot of candidates
  3. http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-2522944/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5maWppdGltZXMuY29tL3N0b3J5LmFzcHg/aWQ9MTE0NTc1 Chand heads towns
  4. Web site: SAVUSAVU TOWN DECLARED SMOKE FREE ZONE. The Fijian Government. Department of Information. 28 June 2015.