Ted Young
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Ted Young is a Fiji
an politician, who served in the Cabinet
of Prime Minister
Laisenia Qarase
from 2001 to 2006. He was Minister for Regional Development from 2001 to 2006, when he became Minister of State for Provincial Development. He represents the Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu
Open Constituency
, which he won on the United Fiji Party (SDL) ticket in the general election
of September 2001, defeating Samuela Nawalowalo of the Fijian Political Party (SVT). He had previously sought to win the seat at the 1999 election
, for the Fijian Association Party
(FAP), but was defeated by Konisi Yabaki
of the Fijian Political Party (SVT). (Yabaki himself later became Young's SDL Cabinet colleague).
Young was outspoken in his calls for his home Province
of Naitasiri
to get a fairer share of government funds.
Following the military coup
which deposed the government on 5 December 2006, Young was taken in by the military for questioning. (source) No reason was given.
On 21 May 2006 Young was taken in again by the military for questioning, and allegedly beaten http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=63068
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an politician, who served in the Cabinet
Cabinet (Fiji)
Fiji has the Westminster system - executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of Ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is formally appointed, but not chosen, by the President: the President must appoint as Prime...
of Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Fiji
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji is the head of government of Fiji. The Prime Minister was appointed by the President under the terms of the now-suspended 1997 constitution....
Laisenia 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...
from 2001 to 2006. He was Minister for Regional Development from 2001 to 2006, when he became Minister of State for Provincial Development. He represents the Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu
Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu (Open Constituency, Fiji)
Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu Open is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies elected by universal suffrage . Like the other open electorates, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006...
Open Constituency
Open constituencies (Fiji)
Open constituencies represent one of several electoral models employed in the past and present in the Fijian electoral system. They derive their name from the fact that they are "open": unlike the communal constituencies, the 25 members of the House of Representatives who represent open...
, which he won on the United Fiji Party (SDL) ticket in the general election
Fiji election of 2001
The Constitution of Fiji was restored by a High Court decision on 15 November 2000, following the failure of the political upheaval in which the government had been deposed and the constitution suspended in May that year. On 1 March 2001, the Appeal Court upheld the decision. An election to...
of September 2001, defeating Samuela Nawalowalo of the Fijian Political Party (SVT). He had previously sought to win the seat at the 1999 election
Fiji election of 1999
General elections were held in Fiji between 8 and 15 May 1999. They were the first election held under the revised Constitution of 1997, which instituted a new electoral system and resulted in Mahendra Chaudhry taking office as Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister.-Electoral system:Previously,...
, for the Fijian Association Party
Fijian Association Party
The Fijian Association Party is a former political party in Fiji. It played a significant role in Fijian politics throughout the 1990s, but lost all of its seats in the House of Representatives in the parliamentary election of 2001....
(FAP), but was defeated by Konisi Yabaki
Konisi Yabaki
Konisi Tabu Yabaki is a Fijian politician from the southern Kadavu Island. He served in the Cabinet from 2000 to 2006, but lost his portfolios as Minister for Fisheries and Forests after the parliamentary election of 6-13 May 2006...
of the Fijian Political Party (SVT). (Yabaki himself later became Young's SDL Cabinet colleague).
Young was outspoken in his calls for his home Province
Local government of Fiji
Fiji is divided administratively into four divisions, which are further subdivided into fourteen provinces; the self-governing island of Rotuma and its dependencies lie outside any of the four divisions. Each division is headed by a Commissioner, appointed by the Fijian government...
of Naitasiri
Naitasiri
Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji and one of eight based in Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.-Geography and infrastructure:Naitasiri as a province covers 1,666 square kilometers , the Province occupies the area to the north and east of Suva, the capital...
to get a fairer share of government funds.
Following the military coup
2006 Fijian coup d'état
The Fijian coup d'état of December 2006 occurred as a continuation of the pressure which had been building since the military unrest of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and 2005-2006 Fijian political crisis....
which deposed the government on 5 December 2006, Young was taken in by the military for questioning. (source) No reason was given.
On 21 May 2006 Young was taken in again by the military for questioning, and allegedly beaten http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=63068