| PERSONAL | |
| NAME | DR NAVINCHANDRA RAMGOOLAM |
| ADDRESS | |
| Ministerial | Prime Minister’s Office
Treasury Building
Intendance Street, Port Louis
Republic of Mauritius |
| Home | 37, Riverwalk – Vacoas |
Telephone Office
Fax Office | 207-9452 / 207-9453
211-7907, 201-2578 |
| Marital Status | Married to VEENA BRIZMOHUN in 1979 |
| Date of Birth | 14 July 1947 |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1993 | Called to the United Kingdom Bar, Inner Temple |
| 1992-1993 | Vocation Course - Inns of Court School of Law |
| 1987-1990 | LLB (Hons) - The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London |
| 1968-1975 | LRCP & LRCSI - Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin |
| AWARDS | |
| Honorary Fellow | London School of Economics (1998) |
| Dr Honoris Causa | University of Mauritius (1998) |
| Dr Honoris Causa | Aligarh Muslim University, India (1998) |
| Dr Honoris Causa | Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (October 2005) |
Grand Officier de la
Légion d'Honneur | France (March 2006) |
| Honorary Freeman of Rodrigues | Rodrigues Regional Assembly (March 2007) |
| The Wilberforce Medal | Wilberforce Lecture Trust, Hull, United Kingdom
(June 2007) |
| The Rajiv Gandhi Award | Regional Mumbai Congress Committee, India (August 2007) |
| The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award | Government of the Republic of India (January 2008) |
Grand Commander of the Order
of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (GCSK) | Government of the Republic of Mauritius (March 2008) |
| Prix Louise Michel | Centre d'Etudes Politiques et de Société (CEPS), Paris
(Juin 2008) |
Doctor of Science
(Honoris Causa) | Padmashree Dr D. Y. Patil University, Mumbai, India (February 2009) |
Fellow of the Royal College
of Physicians (FRCP) | Royal College of Physicians, London (May 2009) |
| POSITION HELD | |
| 5 July 2005 | Prime Minister
Minister of Defence and Home Affairs |
| Oct 2000 – 4 July 2005 | Member of Parliament & Leader of the Opposition, Mauritius |
| 27 Dec 1995 - Sept 2000 | Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius |
| 1994 | Barrister-at-Law - Thomas Moore Chambers, London |
| Sept 1991 - Dec 1995 | Member of the Parliament & Leader of the Opposition,Mauritius |
| June 1991-July 1992 | President of the Mauritius Labour Party |
| Feb 1991-Present | Leader of the Mauritius Labour Party |
| 1985-1987 | General Practitioner, Mauritius |
| 1982-1985 | Resident Medical Officer,
The Yorkshire Clinic, BINGLEY
West Yorkshire |
| 1981-1982 | • Locum - Amersham General Hospital
• Hammersmith Hospital, London + General Medicine Course
• House Officer - Nunnery Fields Hospital, Kent |
| 1977-1981 | Clinical Assistant-Cardiology
University College Hospital, London |
| 1976-1977 | Resident Medical Officer - Dr A.G Jeetoo Hospital, Mauritius |
| 1975-1976 | Intern St. Laurences Hospital, Dublin |
| 1976 | Monaghan Country Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland |
| LANGUAGES | |
| Fluent | English and French |
| ACTIVITIES | |
| Dublin 1970 | President-Mauritian Students Union Society,Dublin |
| 1986-1988 | Member of Mauritius Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| 1987-1990 | Member - Mauritian Students Union Society, L.S.E., London |
| 1989-Present | Member of Mauritius Turf Club |
| INTEREST | |
| | Reading |
