Pravin Singh
Pravin Singh | |
|---|---|
| Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) Tavua Open Constituency | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1955 Tavua, Fiji |
| Died | 2 September 2003 (aged 48) Lautoka, Fiji |
| Political party | Fiji Labour Party |
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.
On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 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 21 May 2000, after he signed a paper resigning his seat in Parliament.[1]
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 but the FLP refused to accept this offer.[2]
Singh was killed[3] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000
- ^ PM announces 14 FLP Ministers Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Fiji: Former Hostages Die Before Court Case". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.