Dewan Chand
Dewan Chand | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Fijian Parliament for Laucala Indian | |
| In office 13 May 2006 – 5 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Kamlesh Kumar Arya |
| Succeeded by | None (Parliament disestablished) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Fiji Labour Party |
| Profession | Teacher, Trade Unionist |
Dewan Chand is an Indo-Fijian educationist and politician.
Work
[edit]Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union before joining politics.[1] He was elected to Parliament as a Fiji Labour Party candidate in the 2006 Fijian general election, winning 90% of the votes cast in the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency.[2] He lost his seat when parliament was dissolved following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état.
In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association.[3]
Controversy
[edit]In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment.[4] The conviction was upheld on appeal.[5] He was subsequently sacked from the Fiji Football Association.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ FLP names first lot of candidates[link removed]
- ↑ "Election results by the count". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
- ↑ Navua’s Sharma joins Fiji FA chiefs Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Chand gets four years". Fiji Sun. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ "Former FFA VP loses appeal". Fiji Village. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ "Dewan Chand no longer Fiji FA VP". Fiji Village. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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