Suruj Mati Nand

Suruj Mati Nand is a former Fiji Indian politician who won the Laucala Open Constituency, one of the 25 open seats, for the Fiji Labour Party during the 1999 elections for the House of Representatives.

Suruj Mati Nand
Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Laucala Open Constituency
In office
1999–2000
Succeeded byLosena Tubanavau Salabula
Personal details
Political partyFiji Labour Party

On 19 May 2000, she 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. She was released on 21 May 2000, after she signed a paper resigning her seat in Parliament.[1]

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