Sir Cassam Ismael Moollan, QC (26 February 1927 – 15 November 2010) was the acting
governor-general of Mauritius
The governor-general of Mauritius (french: gouverneur général de Maurice) was the representative of the Mauritian monarch in Mauritius from the country's independence in 1968 until it became a Commonwealth republic in 1992.Seewoosagur Ramgoolam until a successor could be appointed. He was knighted in 1982.
Early life
He was educated at the
London School of Economics and Political Science
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(LSE) and earned his LLB in 1950. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn the following year. Returning to Mauritius, he practised as a lawyer from 1951 to 1955. He was a Magistrate (1955–58), Crown Counsel (1958–64), and Senior Crown Counsel (1964–66). He was elevated to Solicitor General in 1966. In 1969, a year before his appointment as Puisne Judge, the Supreme Court, he was made Queen's Counsel (QC). He became Senior Puisne Judge in 1978, editor of the Mauritius Law Report from 1982 to 1984. He became Chief Justice in 1982, a position he held until his retirement in 1988.
He was knighted by the Queen in 1982 and awarded the
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
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from
France
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