Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj
In office 1999–2000Succeeded by Vyas Deo Sharma
Political party Fiji Labour Party, New Labour Unity Party
Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj is a Fiji Indian politician who won the Vuda Indian Communal Constituency , one of the 19 seats reserved for Fiji citizens of Indian origin, for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) during the 1999 elections for the House of Representatives .
On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 members of the 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.[ 1]
After failing to get endorsement from the FLP, he contested the 2001 election as a candidate for New Labour Unity Party the but managed to get only 2.76% of the vote.
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