Anand Singh

Anand Singh Bisht is a Fijian lawyer and former politician of Indian descent. He was born on 8 August 1948 in Bombay, when his family had temporarily moved to India. The family returned from India in 1951 to live at the birthplace of his father, Parmanand Singh, in Yalalevu, Ba. His father was one of the first three Indo-Fijians to be elected to the Legislative Council of Fiji.


Anand Singh Bisht
32nd Attorney General of Fiji
In office
19 May 1999  27 May 2000
PresidentRatu Sir Kamisese Mara
Prime MinisterMahendra Chaudhry
Preceded byKelemedi Bulewa
Succeeded byAlipate Qetaki
Member of Parliament
for Lautoka Rural Indian
In office
19 May 1999  27 May 2000
Succeeded byUdit Narayan
Senator
In office
2001–2006
Appointed byLeader of the Opposition
Personal details
Born (1948-08-08) 8 August 1948
Bombay, India
Political partyFiji Labour Party
RelationsParmanand Singh (father)
Children3 sons, 1 daughter (deceased)
ProfessionLawyer

A member of the Fiji Labour Party, he was elected to represent the Lautoka Rural Indian Communal Constituency in the House of Representatives, and was appointed Attorney-General in the government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, serving until the government was deposed in the Fiji coup of 2000.

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 (RFMF) soldiers from the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit. He was released on 12 July 2000.[1]

From 2001 to 2006, he served as one of 8 Senators nominated by the Leader of the Opposition.

Singh practices law privately, and is the senior partner of the Chaudhry and Singh law firm, which includes Rajendra Chaudhry, Mahendra Chaudhry's son.

Personal life

Singh has two children, Hamish and Nikish, from a previous marriage. Their mother and sister died in an air plane accident in 1999. He has a child, Manish, from a second marriage.

Legal offices
Preceded by
Kelemedi Bulewa
Attorney-General of Fiji
1999 - 2000
Succeeded by
Alipate Qetaki
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