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{{Infobox Politician (general)
| name= Dr Gunasagaran Gounder
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| title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
| term_start= 1999
| term_end= 2006
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| title3=Assistant Minister for Health (Fiji)
| term_start3=1999
| term_end3=2000
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| title4=Minister for Curative Health Services (Fiji)
| term_start4=2006
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| profession= Medical Doctor
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''' Dr Gunasagaran [[Gounder]]''' is a [[Indians in Fiji|Fiji Indian]] medical doctor who, as a [[Fiji Labour Party]] candidate, defeated the [[Leader of the Opposition (Fiji)|Leader of Opposition]], [[Jai Ram Reddy]] of the [[National Federation Party]], in the contest for the [[Yasawa Nawaka (Open Constituency, Fiji)|Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency]] seat in the [[1999 Fijian general election|1999 general election]]. He was subsequently appointed Assistant Minister for Health in the [[People's Coalition (Fiji)|Peoples Coalition Government]] led by [[Mahendra Chaudhry]] from 1999 to 2000.<ref>[http://lawakibeqa.tripod.com/achievements.htm Achievements of FLP]</ref>

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 13 July 2000 after 56 days of captivity.<ref>[http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/docs_c/activities_report_2000.htm Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000]</ref>

From 2001 to 2006, he represented the [[Nadi Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)|Nadi Rural]] [[Communal constituencies|Indian Communal Constituency]], one of 19 reserved for [[Indians in Fiji|Indo-Fijians]], which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the [[2001 Fijian general election|parliamentary elections]] of 2001 with almost 69 percent of the vote.

In 2003, Goundar was offered the portfolio of Minister for Health Promotion, together with 13 other FLP parliamentarians who were offered cabinet positions by the Prime Minister, [[Laisenia Qarase]] but the FLP refused to accept this offer.<ref>[http://www.fiji.gov.fj/cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/8/1196/printer PM announces 14 FLP Ministers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231649/http://www.fiji.gov.fj/cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/8/1196/printer |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

At the [[2006 Fijian general election|2006 general election]], Gounder transferred to the neighbouring [[Nadi Urban (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)|Nadi Urban]] Indian Communal Constituency and held it for the FLP with more than 76 percent of the vote. He was subsequently named as one of nine FLP Ministers in the multi-party Cabinet that was formed and served in the [[Cabinet of Fiji|Cabinet]] as [[Minister for Curative Health Services (Fiji)|Minister for Curative Health Services]].

Gounder's political career was ended by the [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|military coup]] that took place on 5 December 2006.

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