Vijay Nath

Vijay Nath is a Fijian politician and Member of the Parliament of Fiji for the FijiFirst Party. He is currently the Assistant Minister for Disaster Management and Rural and Maritime Development.

Nath in May 2016

Nath is from Nausori.[1] He was elected with 1616 votes in the 2014 Fijian general election and was appointed Assistant Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts.[2] In May 2015 he was appointed Assistant Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Ministry following the resignation of Pio Tikoduadua.[3]

He was re-elected to Parliament in the 2018 election with 2256 votes,[4][5] and was appointed Assistant Minister of Local Government, Housing and Community Development.[6] Following a Cabinet reshuffle in April 2020, Nath was appointed alongside Jale Sigarara as one of two Assistant Ministers for Disaster Management and Rural and Maritime Development.[7]

References
  1. Jyoti Pratibha (7 October 2018). "Minister Tells of Scholarship Farce". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. "Fiji's New Cabinet Ministers Were Sworn In Today At Government House". Fiji Sun. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. "Fiji has ministerial reshuffle after resignation". RNZ. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. "2018 General Elections Dashboard". Fiji Elections Office. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. "Vijay Nath". FijiFirst. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  6. Netani Rika (22 November 2018). "New faces in Fiji cabinet". Islands Business. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. Naveel Krishant (17 April 2020). "PM announces cabinet reshuffle, Faiyaz Koya sworn in as Minister for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport". Fiji Village. Retrieved 2 June 2020.


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