The Honourable Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun GCSK | |
Order: | 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius |
President: | Anerood Jugnauth |
Primeminister: | Navin Ramgoolam |
Term Start: | 7 July 2005 |
Term End: | 17 December 2014 |
Predecessor: | Pravind Jugnauth |
Order1: | Minister of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities |
President1: | Anerood Jugnauth |
Primeminister1: | Navin Ramgoolam |
Term Start1: | 3 October 2008 |
Term End1: | 17 December 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Abu Kasenally |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1934 |
Birth Place: | Rivière du Rempart, British Mauritius |
Spouse: | (Bibi) Khatijan Rawat |
Children: | Saleem Beebeejaun Raishma D’Souza Haroon Beebeejaun |
Party: | Mauritian Labor Party |
Grand Children: | Rayhan Beebeejaun Suhayl Beebeejaun |
Profession: | Child Health Consultant (1971–1993)[1] |
Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun, GCSK[2] (born on 22 December 1934) is a former Deputy Prime Minister[3] and Minister of Public Utilities of Mauritius. He was the Deputy leader of the Mauritian Labor Party and was the first person to hold office of Prime Minister in the Mauritius line of Succession during Navin Ramgoolam's tenure as Prime Minister.
Navin Ramgoolam appointed Beebeejaun on 7 July 2005 as deputy prime minister after winning the 2005 general elections. He was born in Riviere du Rempart and was a doctor and practitioner in Mauritius before entering politics. In 2007 he was elevated to the rank of Grand Commander of the Star And Key of Indian Ocean[4] by the then President of the country Sir Anerood Jugnauth.
Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Birmingham and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[1]
Beebeejaun was awarded an honorary DUniv by Birmingham University in 2011.[5]