Rabindrah Ghurburrun

Rabindranath Ghurburrun
GOSK
1st Vice President of Mauritius
In office
1 July 1992 – 30 June 1997
PresidentCassam Uteem
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAngidi Chettiar

Sir Rabindrah Ghurburrun, GOSK (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]

References

  1. ^ "Former Vice Presidents". Vice President website. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Banners". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  3. ^ "Attention aux faux guides au Jardin de Pamplemousses !". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Banners". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  5. ^ http://www.lemauricien.org/weekend/080427/so.htm#27 Obituary
Political offices
Preceded by
Office established
 Vice President of Mauritius
1992–1997 		Succeeded by