Rabindranath Ghurburrun | |
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1st 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 (1928–2008) was the first 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]
Rabindranath Ghurburrun | |
---|---|
1st 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 (1928–2008) was the first 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]