| Rabindranath GhurburrunGOSK | |
|---|---|
| 1st Vice President of Mauritius | |
| In office 1 July 1992 – 30 June 1997 | |
| President | Cassam Uteem |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Angidi Chettiar |
Sir Rabindrah Ghurburrun, GOSK (1928–2008) was the first vice president of Mauritius from 1992 to 1997. He started his political career as a member of the Mauritius Labour Party. However, he was appointed by the Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement coalition government as vice president while the Labour Party was in the opposition.
A lawyer by profession, he did a diploma at the University of Oxford. He was also the first High Commissioner of Mauritius to India. Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi described him as behaving like the last Maharaja of India
He died at the age of 79 in Paris.
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- http://www.lemauricien.org/weekend/080427/so.htm#27 Obituary
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| Preceded byOffice established | Vice President of Mauritius 1992–1997 |
Succeeded byAngidi Chettiar |
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- 1928 births
- 2008 deaths
- Mauritian Hindus
- Mauritian Knights Bachelor
- Mauritian people of Indian descent
- Vice-presidents of Mauritius
- 20th-century Mauritian lawyers
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- High commissioners of Mauritius to India
- Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
- Grand Officers of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean