Noor Dean

Dean served in the Suva City Council since 1972, representing the National Federation Party (NFP) and was elected Suva's Lord Mayor for the 1982–1983 term.^[1] Noor served the NFP as Branch Secretary, Youth Leader, National Organising Secretary^[1] and National Vice-president.

For the 1987 general election, the NFP-Labour Coalition chose him as a candidate for the Labasa/Bua Indian Communal Constituency which he won easily. He was elected the Deputy Speaker^[3] but was a member of Parliament for a month before the 1987 Fijian coups d'état ended his political career. He was detained by the military regime,^[4] but released after a few days in custody.^[5] He later claimed that the coup had been carried out not by Fijians, but by American mercenaries.^[2][6]

After the coup he left Fiji and worked as a lawyer in Australia. He was a Partner in Victoria law firm, Buxton and Associates, and then Principal at MLC Lawyers in Melbourne. In 2006 he was found guilty of professional misconduct, fined $3000, and ordered to pay $13000 in compensation after failing to file a visa application for a client, resulting in them being classified as an illegal immigrant.^[7] In 2019 he was again found guilty of professional misconduct, and fined $8000.^[8]