Manikam Vasagam Pillai

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(last name sometimes spelt Pillay) was a Fiji Indian lawyer, football administrator, and politician. He was a supporter of the Alliance Party and in the 1968 by-elections contested the Nadi Indian Communal seat against Dr A. D. Patel, the leader of the Federation Party, but lost by 7903 votes to 2772. He later served as Attorney General of Fiji from 1981 to 1984.Fiji's Previous Attorneys-General
/ref> He then became Chairman of the Fiji Law Reform Commission, serving till 1987.

Career

Pillay was President of the

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from 1962 to 1965, and again from 1967 to 1983. .Kewal joins race for vice president's post
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'', 22 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2013 He opened Govind Park in July 1976. Associates remembered him as a polite and unflappable person, who rarely spoke during negotiations, except to propose a compromise (which was usually accepted) to break a deadlock. On 13 June 1980, Pillai was made a

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(M.B.E.) for his services to the community. He died in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pillay, Manikam V. Alliance Party (Fiji) politicians Year of death missing Fijian Tamil politicians Attorneys-general of Fiji 20th-century Fijian lawyers Politicians from Nadi Indian members of the Senate (Fiji) Fijian civil servants Year of birth missing Members of the Order of the British Empire