Prem Nababsing
{{short description|Mauritian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Dr
| name = Prem Nababsing
| honorific_suffix = MP
| image =
| order = 5th
| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius
| governor_general = Veerasamy Ringadoo
| president = Cassam Uteem
| primeminister = Aneerood Jugnauth
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| term_start = 25 February 1990
| term_end = 20 December 1995
| successor = Paul Bérenger
| order1 = 6th
| office1 = Leader of the Opposition (Mauritius){{!}}Leader of the Opposition
| primeminister1 = Aneerood Jugnauth
| term_start1 = 15 September 1987
| term_end1 = 25 February 1990
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| order2 = Minister of Health
| president2 =
| primeminister2 = Aneerood Jugnauth
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 1993
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| order3 = Ambassador of Mauritius in France
| president3 =
| primeminister3 = Aneerood Jugnauth
| term_start3 = 1982
| term_end3 = 1983
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| birthname = Paramhamsa Nababsing
| birth_date = {{birth date |1940|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{nobr|Camp Diable, British Mauritius}}{{fact|date=October 2024}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|21|1940|11|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Quatre Bornes, Mauritius{{fact|date=October 2024}}
| spouse = Vidula Seegobin-Nababsing
| children = Nitisha, Aruna, Diya
| party = Mauritian Militant Movement
Renouveau Militant Mauricien (RMM)
| alma_mater = University of Exeter, England
| occupation = Industrial chemist
}}
Paramhamsa Nababsing, more commonly known as Prem Nababsing (24 November 1940 – 21 October 2017), was a Mauritian politician and MMM minister.
Early life
Nababsing was born in Camp Diable, in the Savanne district of Mauritius.{{fact|date=October 2024}} His father was a primary school teacher. By 1960, he completed his secondary education at Royal College Curepipe and secured a scholarship which enabled him to travel to England to study chemistry at University of Exeter. He graduated with a PhD by 1968 and then returned to Mauritius.{{cite web |title=Prem Nababsing as I knew him |url=http://news.africa/prem-nababsing-as-i-knew-him/ |website=News Africa |access-date=26 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719084516/http://news.africa/prem-nababsing-as-i-knew-him/ |archive-date=19 July 2020}}
Nababsing worked at Mauritius Chemical Fertilisers and Industries (MCFI) and the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI).{{cite web |last1=Tourette |first1=Carine |title=Prem Nababsing un politicien pas comme les autres |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/319235/prem-nababsing-un-politicien-pas-comme-autres |website=Lexpress.mu |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=24 October 2017}}
Political career
During the late 1960s and early 1970s Prem Nababsing and his wife, Vidula Seegobin-Nababsing, were actively involved in the newly formed MMM. At the 1976 general elections Vidula was elected to parliament in Constituency No.20. Following the victory of the MMM-PSM coalition at the 1982 elections Prem became Ambassador of Mauritius in France. At the 1983 elections Vidula was MMM candidate in Constituency No. 11 Vieux Grand Port Rose Belle but she was not elected.{{cite web |title=Results of 1983 elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/allyr1983.pdf |website=Office of Electoral Commissioner |publisher=Government of Mauritius}}
Prem Nababsing also returned to Mauritius from France after these 1983 elections. In 1987 Prem Nababsing was elected for the first time to the National Legislative Assembly in Constituency No. 13 Riviere des Angullies Souillac.{{cite web |title=Results of 1987 Legislative Assembly Elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/1987/allyr87.pdf |website=Office of Electoral Commissioner |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=18 July 2020}} He held the position of Leader of the Opposition (Mauritius) from 1987 to 1991. At the 1991 elections, Prem was re-elected for a 5-year term to Parliament and was part of the ruling MSM-MMM coalition.{{cite web |title=Results of 1991 elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/1991/allyr91.pdf |website=Office of Electoral Commissioner |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=18 July 2020}} He was Minister of Health until 1993, after which he became Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius until 1995.{{cite web |title=Disparition de Prem Nababsing: Un scientifique de talent un peu égaré dans la politique |date=22 October 2017 |url=https://www.lemauricien.com/actualites/societe/disparition-prem-nababsing-scienti-talent-peu-egare-la-politique/159551/ |publisher=Le Mauricien |access-date=22 October 2017}}
In 1994, Nababsing formed a new party called Renouveau Militant Mauricien (RMM).{{cite web |title=Il y a 23 ans, le 27 juin 1994: Création du Renouveau militant mauricien |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/310644/il-y-23-ans-27-juin-1994-creation-renouveau-militant-mauricien |website=lexpress.mu |date=27 June 2017 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=27 June 2017}} During the 1995 Mauritian general election, his party allied with the MSM suffered a huge defeat with no elected members in the parliament.
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Category:Government ministers of Mauritius
Category:Mauritian Militant Movement politicians
Category:Mauritian politicians of Indian descent
Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter
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