Manikam V. Pillay
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Manikam Vasagam Pillay was a Fiji Indian lawyer
, politician, Attorney General and football administrator. He was a supporter of the Alliance Party and in the 1968 by-elections contested the Nadi Indian Communal seat against A. D. Patel but lost by 7903 votes to 2772.
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, politician, Attorney General and football administrator. He was a supporter of the Alliance Party and in the 1968 by-elections contested the Nadi Indian Communal seat against A. D. Patel but lost by 7903 votes to 2772.
Positions held
- 1962–1965, 1967–1983 - President, Fiji Football AssociationFiji Football AssociationThe Fiji Football Association is the governing body of football in Fiji. It came into existence in 1961, replacing the ethnically based Fiji Indian Football Association...
. - 1981 - 1984 - Attorney General of FijiAttorney-General (Fiji)Fiji's chief governmental legal officer is the Attorney General. According to the Constitution of Fiji, the Attorney-General is required to be a qualified lawyer and sits in the Cabinet. The office of the Attorney-General is the oldest surviving executive office in Fiji, having been established...
- 1984 - 1987 - Charperson, Fiji Law Reform CommissionFiji Law Reform CommissionThe Fiji Law Reform Commission is independent publicly funded commission, which helps develop and review legislation in Fiji. The Fiji Law Reform Commission Act established the Commission in 1979, to serve as an advisory body to the government and Parliament...
,an independent publicly funded commission, which helps develop and review legislation in FijiFijiFiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
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