Jilila Kumar

Jilila Nalibu Kumar (born 1959) is a Fijian politician of Indian descent and a member of the Parliament of Fiji. She is a member of the FijiFirst party.

Kumar was born in Sigatoka Valley and educated at Fulton College before becoming a teacher.^[1] She had a long career as a teacher, eventually serving as Principal of Jasper Williams High School in Lautoka.^[1]

Kumar was named as a FijiFirst candidate on 15 August 2014.^[2] In the 2014 election she received 824 votes, but fell just short of entering parliament.^[3]

Kumar entered parliament as the next candidate on FijiFirst's list following the resignation of Dr Neil Sharma.^[4][5] She was appointed Assistant Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, but lost the position after just one week.^[6] She was not selected by FijiFirst as a candidate for the 2018 election.^[7]