Sangeet Fowdar FCCA, MP (born 5 September 1957) is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and

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politician, serving as a

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for Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or, Mauritius. He is a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the parliamentary representative for Mauritius at the

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. Fowdar previously served as the Ministry of Training, Skills, Development, Productivity and External Communications of Mauritius in the cabinet of

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from 2000 to 2003 and

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from 2003 to 2005. He was first elected as Member of Parliament for Flacq & Bon Accueil in 2000, the constituency of former Vice-Prime Minister

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, where he was a Cabinet Minister. Fowdar was educated at EW Fact in Holborn, London. Fowdar is a member of Muvment Liberater after resigning from the Politburo of the MMM in October 2014 citing his disagreement with the PTR– MMM alliance. He was re-elected as an MP for Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or in the 2014 general elections. Sangeet is married and has two sons.

Early life

Sangeet Fowdar, better known as Sangeet, was born on 5 September 1957 in Curepipe, Mauritius. He is an

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. He studied for the ACCA qualification at EW Fact in Holborn,

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. After qualifying as an accountant, he returned to Mauritius where he worked in the finance department for the Mauritius Housing Company.

Political life

Fowdar joined the

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in 1996 and was elected to serve as a

in 2000 in Constituency No 9, Flacq & Bon Accueil. He became a cabinet minister in the coalition government of the

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and the Mauritian Militant Movement in a power sharing deal. In 2005, Fowdar was chosen to run again as a Mauritian Militant Movement candidate for Member of Parliament in Constituency No 9, Flacq & Bon Accueil but was not elected and came fourth behind the three elected members. He was chosen to run again in the 2010 general elections under the Mauritian Militant Movement for Constituency No 15, La Caverne and Phoenix and came fourth yet again, missing out by 5.8% in being elected.

Minister of Training

Fowdar has been Minister of Training, where his ministry was responsible was the development of the

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in Mauritius. An institution which was created to continually assess the country's needs for vocational training deal with the transformations of our economy. His ministry was also responsible in the creation of the

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in 2002, which was to regulate the operation of organizations that specialize in vocational training (licensing operation, definition of norms and standards). Whilst in Office, Fowdar also reorganised the Skill Development Program for young unemployed graduates in order to allow a greater number of diplomas and degree holders to acquire professional experience of at least one year. They received a monthly allowance of Rs 6,000 to Rs 8,000. Fowdar also offered basic computer courses free of charge to thousands of young holders of the HSC and provided E-commerce courses and Call Center Operations to holders of SC and HSC.

2014 General elections

Fowdar resigned as a member of the

in October 2014 after being a member for 18 years and subsequently joined the Muvment Liberater. He stated having taken this decision "in the interest of the country" and that he is extremely dissatisfied with the Mauritian Militant Movement's decision to ally with the

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. Fowdar stood as candidate in the 2014 general elections for the Muvment Liberater for Constituency No 6, Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or under "Alliance Lepep" and was subsequently elected as

. Following the victory of "Alliance Lepep" in the elections, Fowdar re-entered parliament and was appointed as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and became the parliamentary representative for Mauritius at the

. He is known to be an extremely active politician, not afraid to voice out his views. In April 2016, Fowdar has been described by the current Deputy Prime-Minister Ivan Collendavelloo as an element of value.

References

External links

* http://www.maurinet.com/about_mauritius/govt_ministers_00_05 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowdar, Sangeet Mauritian politicians 1957 births Living people