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{{short description|Fijian politician}} | |||
{{for|other Anand Singh|Anand Singh (disambiguation)}} | |||
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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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|primeminister2 = | |||
|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]] | |||