Mahendra Chaudhry
Prime Minister of Fiji (1999-2000) · Fiji · On the map · Politicians · Born 1942 · age 84
Mahendra Pal Chaudhry is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party.
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Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former leader, Sitiveni Rabuka in a landslide, the former trade union leader became Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister on 19 May 1999, but exactly one year later, on 19 May 2000 he and most of his Cabinet were taken hostage in the Fiji coup of 2000 by coup leader George Speight. Unable to exercise his duties, he and his ministers were sacked by President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara on 27 May; Mara intended to assume emergency powers himself but was himself deposed by the military leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
