Veerasamy Ringadoo

The Right Honourable
Veerasamy Ringadoo
வீரசாமி ரிங்காடு

QC, GCMG, GCSK ,
1st President of Mauritius
In office
12 March 1992  30 June 1992
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth
Vice President Vacant
Preceded by Elizabeth II
as Queen of Mauritius
Succeeded by Cassam Uteem
Governor-General of Mauritius
In office
17 January 1986  12 March 1992
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by Cassam Moollan (acting)
Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born 20 October 1920
Port Louis, Mauritius[1]
Died 9 September 2000(2000-09-09) (aged 79)

Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, GCMG, GCSK, QC, (born வீரசாமி ரிங்காடு; 20 October 1920 9 September 2000) was the Governor-General of Mauritius from 17 January 1986 to 12 March 1992, when it became a republic. Ringadoo then served as President until later in 1992, when he was replaced by the democratically elected Cassam Uteem. He is a Tamil by origin and a Hindu.[2] He was a founder of the League of Tamils in 1937.[3]

As Finance Minister of Mauritius, Ringadoo was knighted in the 1975 New Year Honours List,[4] and following his appointment as Governor-General, appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in June 1986.[5]

References

Government offices
Preceded by
Cassam Moollan
Acting
Governor-General of Mauritius
1986 1992
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Political offices
Preceded by
Office established
President of Mauritius
1992
Succeeded by
Cassam Uteem


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