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.

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]

References

  1. ^ "CYCLONE BOB Village wiped out". Canberra Times. 7 January 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "People". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 56, no. 12. 1 December 1985. p. 58. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "People". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 57, no. 3. 1 March 1986. p. 48. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Howard, Michael (1991). Fiji: Race and politics in an island state. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0-7748-0368-1.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsi_Raniga
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