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 (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

2. http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-8639.html
3. http://www.webofmauritius.com/tamilleague/history.htm
4. London Gazette, 1 January 1975
5. London Gazette, 10 June 1986