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	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Anand Singh ~~Bisht~~]]		{{short description\|Fijian politician}}
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			{{more citations needed\|date=January 2019}}
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			{{Infobox officeholder
			\|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
			\|name = Anand Kumar Singh
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			\|order = 32nd
			\|office = Attorney General of Fiji
			\|president = [[Kamisese Mara\|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]]
			\|primeminister = [[Mahendra Chaudhry]]
			\|term_start = 19 May 1999
			\|term_end = 27 May 2000
			\|predecessor = [[Kelemedi Bulewa]]
			\|successor = [[Alipate Qetaki]]
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			\|office1 = [[House of Representatives of Fiji\|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Lautoka Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)\|Lautoka Rural Indian]]
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			\|term_start1 = 19 May 1999
			\|term_end1 = 27 May 2000
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			\|successor1 = [[Udit Narayan]]
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			\|office2 = [[Senate of Fiji\|Senator]]
			\|appointer2 = [[Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)\|Leader of the Opposition]]
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			\|term_start2 = 2001
			\|term_end2 = 2006
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			\|birth_date = {{Birth date\|1948\|08\|08\|df=y}}
			\|birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Dominion of India]]
			\|death_date = {{Death date and age\|2020\|12\|4\|1948\|08\|08\|df=y}}
			\|death_place = [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]
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			\|party = [[Fiji Labour Party]]
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			\|relations = [[Parmanand Singh]] (father)
			\|children = 3 sons, 1 daughter (deceased)
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			\|profession = Lawyer
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			'''Anand Kumar Singh''' (8 August 1948{{spnd}}4 December 2020) was a [[Fiji]]an lawyer and politician of [[India]]n descent. He was born in [[Bombay]], when his family had temporarily moved to India. The family returned from India in 1951 to live at the birthplace of his father, [[Parmanand Singh]], in [[Yalalevu]], [[Ba District, Fiji\|Ba]]. His father was one of the first three [[Indians in Fiji\|Indo-Fijians]] to be elected to the [[Legislative Council of Fiji]].

			A member of the [[Fiji Labour Party]], he was [[1999 Fijian general election\|elected]] to represent the [[Lautoka Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)\|Lautoka Rural]] Indian [[Communal constituencies\|Communal Constituency]] in the [[House of Representatives of Fiji\|House of Representatives]], and was appointed Attorney-General in the government of [[Prime Minister of Fiji\|Prime Minister]] [[Mahendra Chaudhry]], serving until the government was deposed in the [[2000 Fijian coup d'état\|Fiji coup of 2000]].

			On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 members of the [[People's Coalition (Fiji)\|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 12 July 2000.<ref>[http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/docs_c/activities_report_2000.htm Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000]</ref>

			From 2001 to 2006, he served as one of 8 Senators nominated by the [[Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)\|Leader of the Opposition]].

			Singh practiced law privately, and was the senior partner of the [[Chaudhry and Singh]] law firm, which includes [[Rajendra Chaudhry]], Mahendra Chaudhry's son.

			== Personal life ==

			Singh had two children, Hamish and Nikish, from a previous marriage. Their mother and sister died in an aeroplane accident in 1999. He had two children, Manish and Pranish from a second marriage.

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

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			title=[[Attorney-General (Fiji)\|Attorney-General of Fiji]]\|
			before=[[Kelemedi Bulewa]]\|
			after=[[Alipate Qetaki]]\|
			years=1999 - 2000}}
			{{s-end}}

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			[[Category:1948 births]]
			[[Category:2020 deaths]]
			[[Category:Fijian Hindus]]
			[[Category:Attorneys General of Fiji]]
			[[Category:Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji)]]
			[[Category:Indian members of the Senate (Fiji)]]
			[[Category:Fiji Labour Party politicians]]
			[[Category:Fijian lawyers]]
			[[Category:Indian emigrants to Fiji]]
			[[Category:Politicians from Lautoka]]
			[[Category:Politicians from Mumbai]]
			[[Category:Fijian politicians of Indian descent]]

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