Rama Valayden
{{Short description|Mauritian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Jayarama Valayden
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| order = Attorney General
| president =
| primeminister =
| term_start = 2005
| term_end = 2009
| predecessor = Emmanuel Leung Shing
| successor = Yatindra Nath Varma
| birth_date = {{birth date |1963|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stanley, Rose Hill, British Mauritius
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| party = Mouvement Républicain
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| occupation = Lawyer
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Jayarama Valayden, most commonly known as Rama Valayden is a Mauritian lawyer, social worker and politician.{{cite web |title=Les nombreux visages de Valayden |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/les-nombreux-visages-de-valayden |publisher=L'Express |accessdate=2007-04-26}}
Early life and education
He was born in 1963 in Stanley (Rose Hill) Rama Valayden attended primary school Notre Dame des Victoires RCA.{{cite web |last1=Valayden |first1=Rama |title=Leonardo da Vinci’s 500th death anniversary |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/node/352483 |publisher=L'Express |accessdate=2019-05-08}} He then attended secondary school St. Andrews School in Rose Hill. In 1976 he formed the Sport and Literary Club of Hugnin Road.{{cite web |title=Les nombreux visages de Valayden |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/les-nombreux-visages-de-valayden |publisher=L'Express |accessdate=2007-04-26}}
Family
Rama Valayden is married to Taslima Valayden and together they had son, Rama Jr.{{cite web |title=Rama, son fils, sa femme |url=https://www.5plus.mu/node/18269 |publisher=5 Plus |accessdate=2020-08-25}}
Political career
Just before the 1982 General Elections he launched a movement named Groupement Révolutionnaire Mauricien.{{cite web |last1=Duvergé |first1=Vince |title=Ce Soir Avec Vince - Rama Valayden! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YUBqNw-KAE |access-date=2021-02-06}}{{cite web |title=Les nombreux visages de Valayden |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/les-nombreux-visages-de-valayden |publisher=L'Express |accessdate=2007-04-26}} Rama Valayden launched a new party Mouvement Républicain in 1996 after distancing himself from the PMSD. He was candidate at the September 1999 by-elections in Constituency No. 20 but he was defeated by his rival Xavier Duval.{{cite web |title=Results of 1999 by-elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Pages/Results-1999.aspx |publisher=Government of Mauritius |accessdate=2020-08-25}}
At the July 2005 General Elections he was candidate of Alliance Sociale in Constituency No. 19 but he was not elected as rival alliance MSM-MMM won all three seats in that constituency.{{cite web |title=Results of 2005 elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/2005/nae2005.pdf |publisher=Government of Mauritius |accessdate=2020-08-25}} However he was appointed as Attorney General from 2005 to 2009 as his party MR was in alliance with the winning coalition of PTR-PMXD-VF-MR-MMSM.
At the May 2010 General Elections Rama Valayden was candidate of the PTr-PMSD-MSM coalition but he was not elected.{{cite web |title=Results of 2010 elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/all/resultsNAE2010.pdf |publisher=Government of Mauritius |accessdate=2020-08-25}}
In preparation for the November 2019 General Elections Rama Valayden was expecting the Labour Party to support his candidacy but this did not eventuate.{{cite web |title=Rama Valayden : Si je dois être candidat, ce sera sous la bannière du PTr |url=https://defimedia.info/rama-valayden-si-je-dois-etre-candidat-ce-sera-sous-la-banniere-du-ptr |publisher=Defimedia |access-date=2019-10-08}} In the aftermath of Labour Party's poor performance in 2019 Rama Valayden blamed poor leadership and chaos within the party for its repeated defeat.{{cite web |last1=Valayden |first1=Rama |title=Navin Ramgoolam must go now |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/node/365491 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2019-11-15}}
Publications
In 2013 Rama Valayden co-published the book Wrongfully Convicted: Amicale case following the 1999 arson and murders at the gambling house known as "L'Amicale" in Port Louis which were also known as 1999 L'Amicale riots. {{cite web |title=The amicale case: Where will it go from here? |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/node/307964 |publisher=L'Express |accessdate=2013-08-15}}
He has also written a number of newspaper articles on miscarriage of justice (such as the beheading of political prisoner Ratsitatane), and the need to implement the recommendations of the 2011 Truth and Justice Commission (to repair the ever-lasting consequences of slavery and indentured servitude).{{cite web |last1=Valayden |first1=Rama |title=Ratsitatane |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/node/375236 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2020-04-19}} Rama Valayden also wrote on environmental issues, such as the disappearance of Baobab and Mapou trees in Mauritius.{{cite web |last1=Valayden |first1=Rama |title=Environment: We are losing our Baobab and Mapou trees |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/node/357759 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2019-07-26}}
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Category:Members of the National Assembly (Mauritius)
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