Mahendra Chand Vinod
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Mahendra Chand Vinod | |
Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Nausori/Levuka Indian Communal Constituency |
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In office 1987 – 1987 |
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Preceded by | Shardha Nand |
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Succeeded by | Constitution abrogated |
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Born | 1922 Nacokaika, Naitasiri, Fiji |
Political party | National Federation Party |
Profession | Civil Servant, Editor |
Religion | Hindu |
Mahendra Chand Vinod (born 1922) was a Fiji Indian civil servant and editor who has also been a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.
He was born in Nacokaika, Naitasiri, Fiji and after completing his Bachelor of Science from the University of Hawaii and Diploma in Journalism from New Delhi, joined the Fiji civil service. He retired from the civil service in 1979 and became the editor of the Hindi language newspaper, Shanti Dut in 1981.[1]
For the 1987 general election, the NFP-Labour Coalition chose him as a candidate for the Nausori/Levuka Indian Communal Constituency[2] which he won easily, but was a member of Parliament for a month when the military coup of 1987 put a halt to his late entry into politics.
[edit] References
- ^ Howard, Michael (1991). Fiji: Race and politics in an island state. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 0-7748-0368-1.
- ^ Nausori / Levuka Indian Communal Constituency, 1972 - 1987. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.