
Daniel Urai Manufolau
'Daniel Urai Manufolau' is a
Fijian
trade unionist and politician from
Lautoka, who won the
Lautoka City Open Constituency in the
House of Representatives for the
Fiji Labour Party in the
parliamentary elections of
2001 and
2006.
Urai is President of the
Fiji Trades Union Congress. From 1990 to
2006, he was also involved in the leadership of the
Fiji Electricity and Allied Workers Union (FEAWU), but resigned on
6 April 2006 to contest the position of Secretary of the
Public Employees Union. He was disqualified by the
High Court from contesting this poll, however, on legal technicalities that are currently the subject of an
appeal in the
Court of Appeal, the
Fiji Times reported on
16 September 2006.
Like many
Fijian people, he
rarely uses his last name.