| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable MP |
| James Burty David | |
| Order: | 1995–1997 Minister of Education Science & Technology |
| President: | Cassam Uteem |
| Primeminister: | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Term Start: | 15 December 1995[1] |
| Term End: | 5 July 1997 |
| Order1: | 1997–2000 Minister of Local Government & Environment |
| President1: | Cassam Uteem |
| Primeminister1: | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Term Start1: | 5 July 1997 |
| Term End1: | 11 September 2000 |
| Order2: | 1995–2009 Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer Islands |
| President2: | Sir Anerood Jugnauth |
| Primeminister2: | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Term Start2: | 5 July 2005 |
| Term End2: | Demised on 2005 |
| Successor2: | Aimee Louis Hervé |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1946 |
| Birth Place: |  Mauritius |
| Death Date: | 13 December 2009 |
| Death Place: | Mauritius |
| Spouse: | Mrs Lilette David née Seenyen |
| Parents: | Ézéchiel et Sylvia David |
| Children: | Fabrice & Crystèle |
| Party: | Mauritian Labour Party |
| Occupation: | Rector Journalist (Freelance) Educational TV Lecturer Author Minister |
| Website: | http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/AssemblySite/menuitem.3bef52ce598560451251701065c521ca?content_id=1f0bf4098874a010VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD |
Hon James Burty David GCSK MP was a Mauritian politician. David received his Diploma in Education at the University of London and doctorate at the University of Bordeaux. He joined the Labour Party in 1964, which he served successively as president, secretary general and director of communication. David was minister of education from 1995 to 1997, Minister of Environment and local authorities from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer Islands since 2005. He was a journalist of Freelance, teacher and afterwards rector at Eden College and an author of many school manuals in French.[1] In 2010 he was awarded the Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (GCSK) for remarkable contribution in the political, social and educational fields.
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