predecessor religion birth_place title party profession birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
ramanlal kapadia hindu ba , fiji member central national constituency of house of representatives -lrb- fiji -rrb- south alliance party civil servant 1943 1987 narsi raniga
 1987 narsi raniga
narsi raniga

narsi raniga -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- 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 and held numerous government posts , including overseas service in the diplomatic corps and head of various government departments .
in 1987 he resigned from the civil service to contest the south central national constituency for the alliance party .
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 .
