Rama Sithanen

The Honourable
Rama Sithanen
இராம கிருட்டிண சித்தனன்
रामा कृष्ण सिथनेन
Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius
In office
5 July 2005 – 5 May 2010
PresidentSir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime MinisterNavin Ramgoolam
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPravind Jugnauth
Finance Minister of Mauritius
In office
5 July 2005 – 5 May 2010
PresidentSir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime MinisterNavin Ramgoolam
Preceded byPravind Jugnauth
Succeeded byPravind Jugnauth
Finance Minister of Mauritius
In office
7 September 1991 – 5 December 1995
Prime MinisterSir Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded byVishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo
Succeeded byVasant K Bunwaree
1st Member of Parliament for Quatre Bornes & Belle Rose
In office
5 July 2005 – 5 May 2010
Preceded bySushil Kushiram
Succeeded byXavier Luc Duval
Personal details
Born (1954-04-21) 21 April 1954 (age 70)
Mauritius
Political partyMilitant Socialist Movement
Mauritian Labour Party
SpouseMrs Sithanen
Children3
Alma materLondon School of Economics and Political Science
OccupationEconomist
Website[1]

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.