Rama Sithanen

{{Short description|Politician from Mauritius (born 1954)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = The Honourable
Rama Sithanen
இராம கிருட்டிண சித்தனன்
रामा कृष्ण सिथनेन

| honorific-suffix = GCSK

| image = Rama Krishna Sithanen, IMF 2007.jpg

| order = Governor of the Bank of Mauritius

| president = Prithvirajsing Roopun
Dharam Gokhool

| primeminister = Navin Ramgoolam

| term_start = 16 November 2024

| term_end =

| predecessor = Harvesh K. Seegoolam

| successor =

| order1 = Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius

| president1 = Sir Anerood Jugnauth

| primeminister1 = Navin Ramgoolam

| term_start1 = 5 July 2005

| term_end1 = 5 May 2010

| predecessor1 = Office established

| successor1 = Pravind Jugnauth

| order2 = Finance Minister of Mauritius

| president2 = Sir Anerood Jugnauth

| primeminister2 = Navin Ramgoolam

| term_start2 = 5 July 2005

| term_end2 = 5 May 2010

| predecessor2 = Pravind Jugnauth

| successor2 = Pravind Jugnauth

| primeminister3 = Sir Anerood Jugnauth

| term_start3 = 7 September 1991

| term_end3 = 5 December 1995

| predecessor3 = Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo

| successor3 = Vasant Bunwaree

| order4 = 1st Member of Parliament for Quatre Bornes & Belle Rose

| term_start4 = 5 July 2005

| term_end4 = 5 May 2010

| predecessor4 = Sushil Kushiram

| successor4 = Xavier-Luc Duval

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mauritius

| spouse = Mrs Sithanen

| children = 3

| party = Militant Socialist Movement
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, GCSK, MP (born Tamil: இராம சித்தனன் Hindi: राम कृष्ण सिथनेन on 21 April 1954) is a former finance minister of Mauritius and vice-prime minister of Mauritius and has held the office between 1991 and 1995 when Sir Anerood Jugnauth was Prime Minister and from 2005 to 2010 Navin Ramgoolam's Cabinet.

In 2011, Dr 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.