Pratap Chand

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Pratap Chand is a former Fijian politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives he represented the Nasinu Indian Communal Constituency from 1999 to 2006. He held the seat, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the general elections of 1999 and 2001.

In early March 2006, Chand announced his decision to retire at the parliamentary election scheduled for 6-13 May. The Fiji Times reported on 11 March that his wife was serious ill in Australia, but party leader Mahendra Chaudhry said that it was still possible that Chand would contest the election for the FLP. In the end, he did not.

Pratap Chand made valuable contribution to education in Fiji. He was a long-time teacher, a secondary school Principal and an official of the Fiji Teachers Union.