Rama Krishna Sithanen,
GCSK,
MP (born
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: இராம சித்தனன்
Hindi
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: राम कृष्ण सिथनेन on 21 April 1954) is a former
finance minister of Mauritius and vice-prime minister of Mauritius and has held the office between 1991 and 1995 when
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Sir Anerood Jugnauth, GCSK, PV, (29 March 1930 – 3 June 2021) was a Mauritian politician and barrister who served both as President and Prime Minister of Mauritius. He was Member of Parliament for Piton & Riviere Du Rempart.
A central f ...
was Prime Minister and from 2005 to 2010
Navin Ramgoolam's
Cabinet
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Background and education
Dr Sithanen comes from a modest background, due to poverty he was forced to abandon school to work at an early age. However, later on, young Rama took back his studies and went to London School of Economics to read economics and completed a Bsc (Econ) First Class Honours and a Msc (Econ) with distinction. Later on, during his mandate as Finance minister he obtained a PhD in Politics at the age of 51, while his thesis was 'An examination of alternative electoral systems for Mauritius' from Brunel University.
Honours
He was honored by the President and was promoted to the highest rank in the
Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean and received the grade of Grand Commander and therefore use the prefix Hon. and post nominal GCSK.
References
External links
brunel.ac.uklabourparty.mu
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Members of the National Assembly (Mauritius)
1954 births
Living people
Mauritian people of Indian descent
Militant Socialist Movement politicians
Mauritian Hindus
Mauritian people of Tamil descent
Labour Party (Mauritius) politicians
Ministers of Finance of Mauritius
Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean
Vice Prime Ministers of Mauritius