Mahendra Reddy
Hon. Mahendra Reddy | |
|---|---|
Fijian Parliament for Fiji First List | |
| In office 17 September 2014 – 26 January 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nadi, Fiji |
| Political party | Fiji First Party |
| Spouse | Bhunweshwari Reddy |
| Children | Shivani Reddy Vishnava Reddy |
| Residence | Fiji |
Dr. Mahendra Reddy is a Fijian politician and former Member of the Parliament of Fiji. He served as the Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment from 2017 to 2022.[1]
Reddy was an award-winning scholarship student at the
In March 2009, he was appointed as the Chair of the Commerce Commission.[3] In July 2014, he resigned as Commerce Commission director and from the Reserve Bank of Fiji board chairman to join the FijiFirst party to contest in the elections.[4]
Reddy was elected to Parliament in the 2014 election, in which he won 5,398 votes.[5] He was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts in September 2014.[6]
On 4 July 2017 Reddy appeared in court on charges of bribery and using undue influence over allegations he offered a water supply to a school in exchange for the school manager's vote.[7] Due to this, he resigned from his post. However, in December 2017, due to no conclusive evidence, those charges were dropped,[8] and Reddy was appointed as the new minister for Ministry of Waterways.[9]
He was re-elected in the 2022 election with 2654 votes.[10][11] On 26 January 2023 Reddy resigned from Parliament.[12] He was replaced as an MP by Penioni Ravunawa.[13]
References
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- ^ "education". Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ SINGH, MONIKA (2009-03-03). "Reddy meets Commission staff". Fiji Times. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ PANAPASA, GERALDINE (2014-07-28). "Academic resigns to join FijiFirst". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "2014 Election Results". Fiji Elections Office. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
- ^ "20-member Cabinet announced". FBC. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
- ^ "Fiji education minister charged with bribery". Radio New Zealand. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Ruling: Reddy A Free Man". Fiji Sun. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "New waterways minister 'Reddy'". Fiji Times. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ Singh, Indira (18 December 2022). "Top 55 confirmed". FBC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Mahendra Reddy (192)". Fijian Elections Office. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Vijay Narayan (26 January 2023). "Dr Mahendra Reddy resigns from parliament". Fiji Village. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Talebula Kate (27 January 2023). "Opposition MP Dr Reddy resigns from parliament". Fiji Times. Retrieved 27 January 2023.