Damodaran Nair is a former
Fiji
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an politician of
India
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n descent and a lawyer, who held the
Tavua Open Constituency in the
House of Representatives
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for the
Fiji Labour Party
The Fiji Labour Party (FLP; ),() also known as Fiji Labour, is a political party in Fiji. Most of its support is from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoc ...
(FLP) in a
by-election
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A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
on 17 January 2004 following the death of the incumbent,
Pravin Singh
Pravin Singh (August 21, 1955 - September 2, 2003) was a Fijian politician of Indian descent, who won the Tavua Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2001.
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, in an automobile accident in late 2003. Nair was re-elected in the
May 2006 parliamentary election. His parliamentary career was ended by the
military coup
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of 5 December 2006.
In January 2009, Nair appealed for help for people from the district of Tavua affected by severe flooding.
References
Fijian Hindus
Fiji Labour Party politicians
Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from Tavua, Fiji
Fijian politicians of Indian descent
Fijian lawyers
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