Sangeet Fowdar

The Honourable
Sangeet Fowdar
MP
Ministry of Training, Skills, Development, Productivity and External Communications
In office
18 September 2000 – 3 July 2005
PresidentCassam Uteem
Karl Offmann
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime MinisterSir Anerood Jugnauth
Paul Berenger
Preceded byPaul Berenger
Succeeded byNavin Ramgoolam
Member of Parliament
for
Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or
Assumed office
11 December 2014
PresidentKailash Purryag
Ameenah Gurib
Prime MinisterSir Anerood Jugnauth
Majority21,746 (55.95%)[1]
Member of Parliament
for
Flacq & Bon Accueil
In office
18 September 2000 – 3 July 2005
PresidentCassam Uteem
Karl Offmann
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime MinisterSir Anerood Jugnauth
Paul Berenger
Majority21,258 (57.12%)[2]
Personal details
Born (1957-09-05) 5 September 1957 (age 67)
Mauritius
Political partyMuvment Liberater (2014–2019)
Mauritian Militant Movement (1996–2014)
OccupationAccountant

Sangeet Fowdar FCCA, MP (born 5 September 1957) is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and Mauritian politician, serving as a member of parliament for Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or, Mauritius. He is a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the parliamentary representative for Mauritius at the World Trade Organization. Fowdar previously served as the Ministry of Training, Skills, Development, Productivity and External Communications of Mauritius[3] in the cabinet of Sir Anerood Jugnauth from 2000 to 2003 and Paul Berenger from 2003 to 2005. He was first elected as member of parliament for Flacq & Bon Accueil in 2000, the constituency of former Vice-Prime Minister Anil Bachoo, where he was a Cabinet Minister. Fowdar was educated at EW Fact in Holborn, London.

Fowdar is a member of Muvment Liberater after resigning from the Politburo of the MMM in October 2014 citing his disagreement with the PTRMMM alliance.[4] He was re-elected as an MP for Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or in the 2014 general elections. Sangeet is married and has two sons.

  1. ^ http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/2014/Const.%20No.%206.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Electoral Commissioner's Office -Constituency No. 9". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. ^ "National Assembly – HON S. FOWDAR, MP". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Sangeet Fowdar claque la porte du MMM". 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2016.