Veerasamy Ringadoo
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). 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]
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