Abdool Raouf Bundhun (born 14 January 1937) who served as the third

vice president of Mauritius The vice-president of the Republic of Mauritius (french: Vice-Président de la République de Maurice) is the second-highest office of the Republic of Mauritius, after the president. Because Mauritius is a parliamentary republic, the vice-presid ...

from 2002 to 2007. He was elected by

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on 25 February 2002 for a term of five years. Prior to assuming office he had been Mauritius' ambassador to France. He has also been the member of National Assembly of Mauritius for two terms; from 1967 to 1976 and 1995 to 2000. From 1969 to 1975 he had been the Minister for youth and sports and appointed parliamentary secretary by

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (in traditional Hindi: Shivsagar Ram Gulam) (18 September 1900 – 15 December 1985; often referred to as ''Chacha Ramgoolam'' or ''SSR'') was a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's o ...

in 1969. In 1976 he became the minister of energy of Mauritius. He has chaired the Development Works Corporation.

Family

In 1866 his grandfather Bundhun and grandmother Rajbasiya came to Mauritius from Nauli Village, District Ghazipur, India and settled there. During March 2018, He went to Nauli to see the village of his great grandfather.

Career

His first profession was that of a civil servant but he resigned to join politics. Bundhun had served as a public assistant officer in 1976. He received his education in Paris, London and Mauritius. He had been the municipal councilor of

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in 1969 and mayor of

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, served Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians as the member of its executive committee from 1971 to 1976. He headed the Mauritian delegation which participated in Commonwealth Parliamentary Association General Assembly of India in 1975 and member of the delegation which participated in Summit of the Organisation of Africa Unity in 1976. In 2010 his biography ''On the Wings of Destiny: A. Raouf Bundhun'', written by Bhisma Dev Seebaluck was published.

Awards

The French government decorated him with the ''Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite'' and ''Officier de l’Ordre de la Francophonie''. The

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honoured him with the

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Honour/Award) is the highest Indian award for Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India or an organisation or institution established and run by Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Orig ...

Award in 2006.

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