Rabindrah Ghurburrun
Rabindranath Ghurburrun | |
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| Vice President of Mauritius | |
| In office 1 July 1992 – 30 June 1997 | |
| President | Cassam Uteem |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Angidi Chettiar |
Sir Rabindrah Ghurburrun (Tamil: சர் ரவீந்திர குருபரன்) (1928–2008) was the Vice President of Mauritius from 1992 to 1997.[1] He started his political career as a member of the Mauritius Labour Party. However, he was appointed by the Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement coalition government as Vice President while the Labour Party was in the opposition.[2]
A lawyer by profession, he did a diploma at the University of Oxford.[3] He was also the first High Commissioner of Mauritius to India. Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi described him as behaving like the last Maharaja of India[4]
He died at the age of 79 in Paris.[5]
References
- ^ "Former Vice Presidents". Vice President website. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.lemauricien.org/weekend/080427/so.htm#27 Obituary
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