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.
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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
- Jyoti Pratibha (7 October 2018). "Minister Tells of Scholarship Farce". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Fiji's New Cabinet Ministers Were Sworn In Today At Government House". Fiji Sun. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Fiji has ministerial reshuffle after resignation". RNZ. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "2018 General Elections Dashboard". Fiji Elections Office. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Vijay Nath". FijiFirst. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- Netani Rika (22 November 2018). "New faces in Fiji cabinet". Islands Business. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- 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.