Jainendra Kumar is a Fijian civil servant and political leader of Indian descent. A former Director of Research in the Agriculture, Sugar and Land Resettlement Ministry,[1] he served as a Rapporteur in the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002. On 9 January 2007, he was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Primary Industries in the interim Cabinet of Commodore Frank Bainimarama.[2] He was removed from office by the military government on 4 January 2008.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "SUMMARY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE NOMINATION OF THE RELEVANT NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS, COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES, POINTS OF CONTACT FOR EMERGENCY MEASURES AND BIOSAFETY CLEARING-HOUSE FOCAL POINTS" (PDF). Convention on Biological Diversity. p. 9. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "More ministers join interim Cabinet". Fiji Times Online. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Removal shocks Kumar". Fiji Times Online. Retrieved 5 June 2010.


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