Wolfgang Dourado was a former
attorney general
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
, and later
Chief Justice, of
Zanzibar.
After the 1964
Zanzibar Revolution
The Zanzibar Revolution () occurred in January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by local Africans.
Zanzibar was an ethnically diverse state consisting of a number of islands off the east co ...
, Dourado chose to remain behind and support the Revolutionary Government as other Goans fled.
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Zanzibari politicians
Zanzibari people of Goan descent
Living people
Zanzibari judges
Zanzibari people of Indian descent
Chief justices
Tanzanian politicians of Indian descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sultanate of Zanzibar people
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