Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun, GCSK (born on 22 December 1934) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Utilities of

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. He was the Deputy leader of the Mauritian Labor Party and was the first person to hold office of Prime Minister in the

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during

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's tenure as Prime Minister.

appointed Beebeejaun on 7 July 2005 as deputy prime minister after winning the 2005 general elections. He was born in Riviere du Rempart and was a doctor and practitioner in Mauritius before entering politics. In 2007 he was elevated to the rank of Grand Commander of the Star And Key of Indian Ocean by the then President of the country

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. Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun graduated with a degree in medicine from the

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and is a fellow of the

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. Beebeejaun was awarded an honorary DUniv by Birmingham University in 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beebeejaun, Rashid Members of the National Assembly (Mauritius) Mauritian people of Indian descent 1935 births Living people Mauritian Muslims Deputy Prime Ministers of Mauritius Government ministers of Mauritius Labour Party (Mauritius) politicians Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean Alumni of the University of Birmingham