successor religion title party profession term_start article_title term_end name
surendra lal hindu member levu west indian communal constituency of house of representatives -lrb- fiji -rrb- vanua fiji labour party teacher 1999 anup kumar -lrb- politician -rrb-
 2000 anup kumar
anup kumar -lrb- politician -rrb-

anup kumar is a fiji indian politician who won the vanua levu west indian communal constituency , one of the 19 seats reserved for fiji citizens of indian origin , for the fiji labour party during the 1999 elections for the house of representatives .
he then became the minister for commerce , business development & investment in the people 's coalition government led by mahendra chaudhry .
on 19 may 2000 , he was among the 43 members of the people 's coalition government , led by mahendra chaudhry , taken hostage by george speight and his band of rebel republic of fiji military forces -lrb- rfmf -rrb- soldiers from the counter revolutionary warfare unit .
he was released on 12 july 2000 .
