Narsi Raniga (born 1942) is a Fiji Indian who has held senior civil service posts in Fiji and has also been a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.
Narsi Raniga | |
|---|---|
| Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) South Central National Constituency | |
| In office 1987–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Ramanlal Kapadia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1942 Ba, Fiji |
| Died | 24 July 2017 Fiji |
| Political party | Alliance Party |
| Spouse | Pushpa Raniga |
| Profession | Civil Servant |
He was born in Ba and completed the Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. After a brief period as a teacher, he did postgraduate courses at the University of Auckland and Cambridge University. On his return to Fiji, he joined the civil service. He worked as Commissioner of the Western Division,[1] secretary for Foreign Affairs, High Commissioner to India,[2] and permanent secretary to the Public Service Commission.[3]
In 1987 he resigned from the civil service to contest the South Central National Constituency for the Alliance Party.[4] He won the seat with a comfortable margin, but his party lost the election and he sat on the opposition bench for a month when the military coup of 1987 prematurely ended his political career.[5]
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- ^ "People". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 56, no. 12. 1 December 1985. p. 58. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "People". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 57, no. 3. 1 March 1986. p. 48. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ambassadorships left vacant in Washington". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 58, no. 5. 1 May 1987. p. 36. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Howard, Michael (1991). Fiji: Race and politics in an island state. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0-7748-0368-1.