Hon James Burty David GCSK MP was a

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politician. David received his Diploma in Education at the

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and

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at the

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. He joined the Labour Party in 1964, which he served successively as president, secretary general and director of communication. David was minister of education from 1995 to 1997, Minister of Environment and local authorities from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer Islands since 2005. He was a journalist of Freelance, teacher and afterwards rector at Eden College and an author of many school manuals in French. In 2010 he was awarded the Grand Commanders of the

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(GCSK) for remarkable contribution in the political, social and educational fields.

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https://www.lexpress.mu/article/d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s-du-ministre-des-administrations-r%C3%A9gionales-james-burty-david-ce-13-d%C3%A9cembre https://www.5plus.mu/node/7249 1946 births Members of the National Assembly (Mauritius) Labour Party (Mauritius) politicians Government ministers of Mauritius 2009 deaths Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean {{Mauritius-politician-stub