Ted Young is a Fijian politician, who served in the

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Laisenia Qarase Laisenia Qarase (pronounced ; 4 February 1941 – 21 April 2020) was a Fijian politician. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. After the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, Qarase ...

from 2001 to 2006. He was Minister for Regional Development from 2001 to 2006, when he became Minister of State for Provincial Development. He represented the Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu Open Constituency, which he won on the

Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua The United Fiji Party ( fj, Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua, SDL) was a political party in Fiji. It was founded in 2001 by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase as a power base; it absorbed most of the Christian Democratic Alliance and other conse ...

(SDL) ticket in the general election of September 2001, defeating Samuela Nawalowalo of the

Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated the politics of Fiji in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999. Origins The par ...

(SVT). He had previously sought to win the seat at the 1999

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, for the

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(FAP), but was defeated by Konisi Yabaki of the

(SVT). (Yabaki himself later became Young's SDL Cabinet colleague). Young was outspoken in his calls for his home

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Naitasiri :see also Naitasiri District Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji and one of eight located on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. Geography and infrastructure Naitasiri covers an area of , and occupies the area mostly to the north of Suva, ...

to get a fairer share of government funds. Following the

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which deposed the government on 5 December 2006, Young was taken in by the military for questioning. No reason was given. On 21 May 2007, he was taken in again by the military for questioning, and allegedly beaten.Fiji's Slow March Toward a Military Takeover World Press Review-12 Dec 2006 ... ousted state minister for provincial development Ted Young.

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