Rosy Sofia Akbar is a
Fiji
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an politician and former Member of the
Parliament of Fiji
The Parliament of the Republic of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of the Fiji, Republic of Fiji. It consists of 55 members elected every 4 years using open list proportional representation in one multi-member nationwide constituency.
Hist ...
who served as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation from 2021 to 2022. She is originally from
Ba and before entering politics she was Vice-Principal of A.D. Patel College.
Akbar was elected to
Parliament
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in the
2014 election, in which she won 990 votes, and was appointed Minister for
Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation. Following a cabinet reshuffle in September 2016 she was appointed Minister for Health and Medical Services. She was re-elected at the
2018 election, winning 705 votes, and was appointed Minister of Education.
On 13 February 2023 she resigned from Parliament for health reasons. She was replaced by
Virendra Lal
Virenda Lal is a Fijian politician and member of the Parliament of Fiji. Elected as a member of the FijiFirst party, he became an independent following the party's collapse.
Before entering politics he was secretary of Hindu organisation Shree ...
.
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Indian members of the Parliament of Fiji
FijiFirst politicians
Women's ministers of Fiji
Fijian Muslims
Politicians from Ba Province
21st-century Fijian women politicians
Women government ministers of Fiji
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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