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Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Prime Minister of Mauritius

Died when: 85 years 88 days (1022 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (in traditional Hindi: Shivsagar Ram Gulam) GCMG LRCP MRCS (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 only chief minister, first prime minister, and fifth governor-general.He is widely recognized as the nation's founding father (French: père de la nation), although the anti-independence political group at the time of British Mauritius used to call him as a pun in French la perte de la nation (English: the misleader of the nation).

After Guy Rozemont's death in 1956, Ramgoolam became the leader of the Labour Party of Mauritius till his death in 1985.According to Dr.

A.G.Wilkins, post-doctoral researcher in contemporary Indian Ocean islands history at the University of Michigan LSA, regardless of what detractors say, Sir Shivsagar was a man of exceptional tenacity, wisdom and courage.

He possessed a lion's personality and was the most respected leader of his time from the Indian Ocean islands.His leadership style was "nationalistic-progressive typical of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, with the principles of Kemalism further complemented by elements of universal brotherhood as professed by M.L.K.

Jr." Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam's son, Dr.Navinchandra Ramgoolam, served as the third and fifth prime minister of Mauritius.


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