Chaitanya Lakshman is a Fiji Indian lawyer, social worker and politician who served in the multi-party cabinet of the Qarase

Laisenia Qarase

Laisenia Qarase is a Fijian political figure. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. After the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, Qarase joined the Interim Military Government as a financial adviser on 9 June 2000, until his appointment...

 Government as Minister for Local Government.

Lakshman was elected from the Viti Levu South Kadavu Indian Communal Constituency

Viti Levu South Kadavu (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Viti Levu South Kadavu Indian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians....

 in the 2006 elections as a Fiji Labour Party

Fiji Labour Party

The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...

 (FLP) member. The seat had been held by his uncle, Prince Gopal Lakshman

Prince Gopal Lakshman

Prince Gopal Lakshman is a former Fijian politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives he represented the Viti Levu South Kadavu Indian Communal Constituency from 1999 to 2006...

, in the 1999 and 2001 elections.

When the Fiji Labour Party decided to join the multi-party cabinet, Lakshman was one of the nine members nominated by the FLP leader, Mahendra Chaudhry

Mahendra Chaudhry

Mahendra Pal Chaudhry is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party...

. He was given the portfolio of Minister for Local Government & Urban Development. Lakshman, together with three other FLP cabinet members voted against the 2007 budget and were asked to resign by the then Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase.

Prior to entering politics Lakshman was the Manager of Complaints Division of the Fiji Human Rights Commission

Fiji Human Rights Commission

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 and a barrister and solicitor with the Institute of Applied Legal Studies (IJALS) at the University of the South Pacific

University of the South Pacific

The University of the South Pacific is a public university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment. USP's academic programmes are recognised worldwide, attracting students...

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In Parliament, Lakshman was the First Indian to represent 3 Generations in Parliament. His Grandfather, B D Lakshman and uncle, Prince Gopal Lakshman also served as members of Parliament.

Currently Lakshman is a Resident Magistrate based in Nausori.