{{Short description|Politician from Mauritius (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rama Sithanen | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|list=GCSK}} | image = Rama Sithanen, 2007.jpg | caption = Sithanen in 2007 | order = Governor of the Bank of Mauritius | deputy = Rajeev Hasnah<br/>Gérard Sanspeur | term_start = 16 November 2024 | term_end = 29 September 2025 | predecessor = Harvesh Seegoolam | successor = Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor | order1 = Vice-Prime Minister of Mauritius | prime_minister1 = Navin Ramgoolam | term_start1 = 20 September 2008 | term_end1 = 11 May 2010 | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' | successor1 = Pravind Jugnauth | order2 = Minister of Finance and Economic Empowerment<br/>{{nobold|Finance and Economic Development (2005–2008)}}<br/>{{nobold|Finance (1991–1995)}} | prime_minister2 = Navin Ramgoolam | term_start2 = 7 July 2005 | term_end2 = 11 May 2010 | predecessor2 = Pravind Jugnauth | successor2 = Pravind Jugnauth {{small|(Finance and Economic Development)}} | prime_minister3 = Anerood Jugnauth | term_start3 = 7 September 1991 | term_end3 = 5 December 1995 | predecessor3 = Anerood Jugnauth | successor3 = Rundheersing Bheenick
{{collapsed infobox section begin | cont = yes | last = yes | Parliamentary offices | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey; }} {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = {{ubl|Member of Parliament|for Belle Rose and Quatre Bornes}} | term_start = 5 July 2005 | term_end = 31 March 2010 | predecessor = Sushil Khushiram | successor = Kavy Ramano | term_start1 = 16 September 1991 | term_end1 = 16 November 1995 | predecessor1 = Balkrishn Gokulsing | successor1 = Kadress Pillay{{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Mauritius | spouse = Mrs Sithanen | children = 3 | party = Militant Socialist Movement<br>Mauritian Labour Party | occupation = Economist | alma_mater = London School of Economics and Political Science | website = [http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/MOFSite] }}
'''Rama Krishna Sithanen''' {{post-nominals|list=GCSK}} (born 21 April 1954) is a Mauritian politician and economist. He served as vice-prime minister of Mauritius from 2008 until 2010. Sithanen also served as finance minister between 1991 and 1995 when Sir Anerood Jugnauth was Prime Minister and from 2005 to 2010 under Navin Ramgoolam's cabinet. Afterwards, he was appointed as governor of the Bank of Mauritius in November 2024 until his resignation in September 2025.
In 2011, Sithanen worked as Director of Strategy at the African Development Bank. In the same year he took up the role of Chairman and Director of International Financial Services ("IFS"), a large management company in Mauritius. In 2016, he became the Chairman of Sanne Group PLC's Mauritius branch, following its acquisition of IFS. Between 2013 and 2017, he chaired the Rwanda Development Board. In 2022, Apex Group, a global financial solution provider, acquired Sanne Group PLC and in 2023 Dr Sithanen has become Independent Director and Chairperson of Apex Group's Mauritius group of companies.
==Background and education==
Dr Sithanen comes from a modest background, due to poverty he was forced to abandon school to work at an early age. However, later on, young Rama took back his studies and went to London School of Economics to read economics and completed a Bsc (Econ) First Class Honours and a Msc (Econ) with distinction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labourparty.mu/pages/elected_members/bio.php?language_id=4&&members_id=62 |title=Parti Travailliste |access-date=2009-11-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722222627/http://www.labourparty.mu/pages/elected_members/bio.php?language_id=4&&members_id=62 |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref> Later on, during his mandate as Finance minister he obtained a PhD in Politics at the age of 51, while his thesis was 'An examination of alternative electoral systems for Mauritius' from Brunel University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events|title=News and Events – Brunel University London|website=brunel.ac.uk}}</ref>
==Honours== He was honored by the President and was promoted to the highest rank in the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean and received the grade of Grand Commander and therefore use the prefix Hon. and post nominal '''GCSK'''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.brunel.ac.uk brunel.ac.uk] * [http://www.labourparty.mu labourparty.mu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724233558/http://labourparty.mu/ |date=24 July 2021 }} * [http://www.apexgroup.com apexgroup.com]
{{Vice Prime Ministers of Mauritius}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sithanen, Rama}} Category:Members of the National Assembly (Mauritius) Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Mauritian people of Indian descent Category:Militant Socialist Movement politicians Category:Mauritian Hindus Category:Mauritian people of Tamil descent Category:Labour Party (Mauritius) politicians Category:Ministers of finance of Mauritius Category:Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean Category:Vice prime ministers of Mauritius Category:Governors of the Bank of Mauritius