Navin Patel is a Fiji Indian businessman and politician. He held the Ba Indian Communal seat in the

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for the

National Federation Party The National Federation Party is a Fijian political party founded by A. D. Patel, A.D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party (Fiji, 1960s), National Democratic Party. Though it claimed to ...

(NFP) from 1977 to 1987. For the 1987 election, he switched to the North Central Indian National Constituency which he also won easily, but stayed in Parliament for only a further one month before the military coup of 1987 ended his political career. His brother,

Vinod Patel Vinod Patel is a Fiji Indian businessman, soccer administrator and politician. He is the chair of Vinod Patel and Company Limited which owns a chain of hardware shops throughout Fiji. Vinod Patel is a strong supporter of the Ba football team ...

, later held the Ba Indian Communal seat for the NFP.

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National Federation Party politicians Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fijian Hindus Fijian businesspeople Politicians from Ba (town) {{Fiji-politician-stub