Steven Obeegadoo

{{Short description|Mauritian politician}} thumb '''Louis Steven Obeegadoo''' is a politician from Mauritius who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF MINISTERS |url=https://gis.govmu.org/Documents/List_of_Ministers_as_at_25_June_2020.pdf |website=Government of Mauritius}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9o6EAAAQBAJ&dq=Louis+Steven+Obeegadoo+Deputy+Prime+Minister+of+Mauritius&pg=PT1261 |title=The International Directory of Government 2021 |date=2021-08-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-52137-5 |language=en}}</ref> He also served as Minister of Housing and Land Use Planning, and as Minister of Tourism.

Obeegadoo also served as temporary Chairman of UNESCO<ref>{{Cite web |title=Draft decisions recommended by the Programme and External Relations Commission |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000136700 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=UNESCO}}</ref> during 2006 to 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Minister |url=https://housing.govmu.org/Pages/About%20Us/The-Minister.aspx |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Government of Mauritius}}</ref> and as Education Minister.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C&dq=Louis+Steven+Obeegadoo+Deputy+Prime+Minister+of+Mauritius&pg=PA692 |title=Africa South of the Sahara 2003 |date=2002-10-31 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-85743-131-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon. OBEEGADOO Louis Steven - Mauritius National Assembly |url=https://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/Pages/HonMembers/Hon-Obeegadoo-Louis-Steven.aspx |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=National Assembly of Mauritius}}</ref>

==Personal life== Obeegadoo is married. He has a B.Sc. in economics and a M.Sc. in politics from the London School of Economics & Political Science, and a postgraduate diploma in law from The City University, London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Minister |url=https://housing.govmu.org/Pages/About%20Us/The-Minister.aspx |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Government of Mauritius}}</ref>

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