Dewan Chand

For the Indian Army lieutenant general, see Dewan Prem Chand. For the Indian lawyer and politician, see Dewan Chand Saini.

Dewan Chand is a Indo-Fijian educationist, politician

Dewan Chand
Member of the Fijian Parliament for Laucala Indian
In office 13 May 2006 – 5 December 2006
Preceded by	Kamlesh Kumar Arya
Succeeded by	None (Parliament disestablished)
Personal details
Party	Fiji Labour Party
Profession	Teacher, Trade Unionist

Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union before joining politics.^[1] He was elected to Parliament as a Fiji Labour Party candidate in the 2006 Fijian general election, winning 90% of the votes cast in the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency.^[2] He lost his seat when parliament was dissolved following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état.

In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association.^[3]

In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment.^[4] The conviction was upheld on appeal.^[5] He was subsequently sacked from the Fiji Football Association.^[6]