Haresh Budhrani

The Hon.
Haresh Kishinchand Budhrani
QC
Speaker of the Gibraltar House of Assembly
In office
2004–2007
1st Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament
In office
2007–2012
Personal details
Born (1952-06-00)June 1952
Mumbai, India
Nationality British (Gibraltarian)
Alma mater King's College London
College of Law
Occupation Barrister
Businessman
Politician
Portfolio Chairman of the Hindu Merchants' Association
Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament

The Hon. Haresh Kishinchand Budhrani, QC, is a Gibraltarian barrister of Indian origin. He was Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament from September 2004 to October 2012.

Biography

Budhrani was born in Mumbai, India, in June 1952. He is of Sindhi origin.[1] He was educated in Derbyshire and later at the College of Law, Guildford. Budhrani commented on the growing acceptability of Hindus in Gibraltar - by 1973 he assessed that Hindus were able to fully join in with the local community.[2]

He graduated in Law in 1974 from King's College London.[3] Budhrani later attended the Inns of Court School of Law becoming a barrister in August 1975.[4]

He was president of the Hindu Merchants' Association of Gibraltar until 2004, following the resignation of The Hon. Judge John E. Alcantara who had been nominated for the position of Speaker by the governing Gibraltar Social Democrats (without the approval of the Opposition).[4] In September 2004, Budhrani took office as Speaker of the Gibraltar House of Assembly (later the Gibraltar Parliament).[5]

In December 2011, he was reappointed by Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party.[6]

On 28 September 2012 Budhrani announced that he would relinquish the position of Speaker.[7][8]

Controversies

In May 2012, he was accused of having defaulted business tax payments, and as consequence, his salary of Speaker was withheld by the Gibraltar Treasury.[9] Budhrani stated that although a deduction was really being done from month to month, it was the result of an agreement signed with the Gibraltar Income Tax Office, not an imposition of the same, and that the amount of his debt were not as high as cited by the local media[10] (the Gibraltar Chronicle implied it was over £150,000).[9]

References

  1. ↑ Alfonso, Carolin; Kokot, Waltraud; Tölölyan, Khachig (2004). Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 9781134390359.
  2. ↑ Archer, Edward G. (2006). Gibraltar, Identity And Empire. Routledge. p. 233.
  3. ↑ LinkedIn (ed.). "Haresh K. Budhrani". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  4. 1 2 Panorama, ed. (2004-09-13). "Budhrani named Speaker - without Opposition support". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  5. ↑ Gibraltar Parliament (ed.). "Composition of Parliament". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  6. ↑ VOX, ed. (2011-12-21). "Appointment of New Speaker at Gibraltar Parliament". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  7. ↑ "Composition of Parliament". Government of Gibraltar. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. ↑ gbc.gi, ed. (2012-10-01). "Parliament passes Broadcasting Act: replaces GBC Act". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  9. 1 2 Gibraltar Chronicle, ed. (2012-05-10). "Taxing questions for Mr. Speaker". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  10. ↑ Gibraltar Chronicle, ed. (2012-05-18). "Statement by Speaker Haresh Budhrani". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
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