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<div>{{short description|Fijian politician}}<br />
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|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]<br />
|name = Anand Kumar Singh<br />
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|order = 32nd <br />
|office = Attorney General of Fiji<br />
|president = [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]]<br />
|primeminister = [[Mahendra Chaudhry]]<br />
|term_start = 19 May 1999<br />
|term_end = 27 May 2000<br />
|predecessor = [[Kelemedi Bulewa]]<br />
|successor = [[Alipate Qetaki]]<br />
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|office1 = [[House of Representatives of Fiji|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Lautoka Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)|Lautoka Rural Indian]]<br />
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|term_start1 = 19 May 1999<br />
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|successor1 = [[Udit Narayan]]<br />
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|term_end2 = 2006<br />
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|birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Dominion of India]]<br />
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'''Anand Kumar Singh''' (8 August 1948{{spnd}}4 December 2020) was a [[Fiji]]an lawyer and politician of [[India]]n descent. He was born 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 District, Fiji|Ba]]. His father was one of the first three [[Indians in Fiji|Indo-Fijians]] to be elected to the [[Legislative Council of Fiji]].<br />
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A member of the [[Fiji Labour Party]], he was [[1999 Fijian general election|elected]] to represent the [[Lautoka Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)|Lautoka Rural]] Indian [[Communal constituencies|Communal Constituency]] in the [[House of Representatives of Fiji|House of Representatives]], and was appointed Attorney-General in the government of [[Prime Minister of Fiji|Prime Minister]] [[Mahendra Chaudhry]], serving until the government was deposed in the [[2000 Fijian coup d'état|Fiji coup of 2000]].<br />
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On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 members of the [[People's Coalition (Fiji)|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.<ref>[http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/docs_c/activities_report_2000.htm Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000]</ref><br />
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From 2001 to 2006, he served as one of 8 Senators nominated by the [[Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)|Leader of the Opposition]].<br />
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Singh practiced law privately, and was the senior partner of the [[Chaudhry and Singh]] law firm, which includes [[Rajendra Chaudhry]], Mahendra Chaudhry's son.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Singh had two children, Hamish and Nikish, from a previous marriage. Their mother and sister died in an aeroplane accident in 1999. He had two children, Manish and Pranish from a second marriage.<br />
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