Pravin Singh (August 21, 1955 - September 2, 2003) was a

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an politician of

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n descent, who won the Tavua Open Constituency in the

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for the

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(FLP) in the

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and

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. On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 members of the People's Coalition Government, led by

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, taken hostage by

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and his band of rebel

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(RFMF) soldiers from the

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. He was released on 21 May 2000, after he signed a paper resigning his seat in Parliament. In 2003, Singh was offered the portfolio of Minister for State Properties, together with 13 other FLP parliamentarians who were offered cabinet positions by the Prime Minister,

Laisenia Qarase Laisenia Qarase (pronounced ; 4 February 1941 – 21 April 2020) was a Fijian politician. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. After the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, Qarase ...

but the FLP refused to accept this offer. Singh was killed in an automobile accident on September 2, 2003, at the age of 48, and was succeeded as the Tavua Open MP by Damodaran Nair, also of the FLP.

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