Party Fiji Labour Party Role Politician | Name Shiu Sharma Religion Hindu Succeeded by Gunasagaran Gounder | |
Political party Fiji Labour Party | ||
Shiu Sharan Sharma is a Fiji Indian politician who won the Nadi Rural Indian Communal Constituency, one of the 19 seats reserved for Fiji citizens of Indian origin, for the Fiji Labour Party 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.
References
Shiu Sharan Sharma Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA