Jainendra Kumar is a

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an civil servant and political leader of

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descent. A former Director of

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in the

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and Land Resettlement

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, he served as a

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in the

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in 2002. On 9 January 2007, he was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Primary Industries in the interim

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Frank Bainimarama Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama (Fijian: ʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst ...

. He was removed from office by the military government on 4 January 2008.

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