Rishigen Viranna

Rishigen Viranna
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office
21 May 2014 – 16 August 2022
Succeeded byEdwin Baptie
Personal details
Born
Rishigen Viranna
Political partyDemocratic Alliance

Rishigen Viranna is a South African former politician and healthcare practitioner from KwaZulu-Natal who served as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from May 2014 until his resignation in August 2022. He is a party member of the Democratic Alliance (DA).[1] Viranna served the party's spokesperson on Health at the time of his resignation.[2] He was previously the party's spokesperson on Community Safety and Education.

In June 2022, Viranna announced his intention to resign from the legislature after he was awarded a two-year scholarship to study Global Health at Uppsala University in Sweden.[3] He resigned from the legislature on 16 August 2022. The DA appointed Edwin Baptie to take up his seat.[4]

References

  1. ^ "DA announces KZN team". The Citizen. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ Dawood, Zainul (11 September 2019). "More doctors set to be hired at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital to alleviate shortfall". IOL. Retrieved 12 October 2019. Dr Rishigen Viranna, MPL and DA KZN spokesperson on health
  3. ^ "DA's Rishigen Viranna moves to Sweden". South Coast Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ "DA welcomes eThekwini Cllr Mmabatho Tembe to KZN Legislature Caucus team". Democratic Alliance - KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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