Dewan Chand
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Dewan Chand is a Fiji Indian educationist and politician who won the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency
for the Labour Party
in 2006 general election, getting 90% of the votes cast.
Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union
before joining politics.
He has also been the director of a training institution in Fiji, The New Zealand Pacific Training Centre (NZPTC)
In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association
.
Laucala (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
Laucala Indian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians. . The electorate covers northern suburbs of Suva, Fiji's capital.- 1999 :- 2001 :- 2006 :- Sources :* *...
for the 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...
in 2006 general election, getting 90% of the votes cast.
Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union
Fiji Teachers Union
Fiji Teachers Union is a union representing elementary and secondary education teachers in Fiji. It is a member of the Fiji Trades Union Congress, and Education International....
before joining politics.
He has also been the director of a training institution in Fiji, The New Zealand Pacific Training Centre (NZPTC)
In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association
Fiji Football Association
The Fiji Football Association is the governing body of football in Fiji. It came into existence in 1961, replacing the ethnically based Fiji Indian Football Association...
.