predecessor successor religion title party term_start article_title term_end name
none -lrb- new constitution -rrb- ahmed gaffar hindu member west indian communal constituency of house of representatives -lrb- fiji -rrb- ba fiji labour party 1999 ami chand
 2001 ami chand
ami chand

ami chand is a fiji indian politician who won the ba 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 .
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 21 may 2000 , after he signed a paper resigning his seat in parliament .
