Rajen PrasadQSO is a politician from New Zealand. He was elected to represent the Labour Party on the party list at the 2008 general election and retired in 2014.
At the 2008 election Prasad was placed at number 12 on the Labour Party list and was subsequently elected to Parliament. This was a very high list placing, far in advance of many sitting cabinet ministers. He was re-elected, albeit at a lower list placing of 20, in 2011.
In 2008, Prasad was appointed Labour's spokesperson for Voluntary and Community Sector, and associate spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs and Social Development – Family and CYF by Labour leader Phil Goff.[8] He was later appointed spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs, as well as associate spokesperson for Social Development.[9]
In 2013 under the new leadership of David Cunliffe, a new Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle was announced with Prasad the Spokesperson on Immigration, Associate Spokesperson for Ethnic Affairs and Associate Spokesperson for Social Development (CYFS).[10] Prasad announced his plans to retire ahead of the general election in September 2014.[2][11]
Since leaving Parliament, Prasad has been appointed a Commonwealth Envoy with special responsibility for Lesotho working directly in Africa to help develop better Political practices.[12][13]
^Prasad, Rajen (1986). Transitions in foster care : the development of training programmes for foster care workers (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3582.
