Shridath Ramphal
FRSA OM | |
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2nd Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations | |
In office 1 July 1975 – 30 June 1990 | |
Head | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Arnold Smith |
Succeeded by | Chief Emeka Anyaoku |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana | |
In office 1972–1975 | |
Prime Minister | Forbes Burnham |
Preceded by | Forbes Burnham |
Succeeded by | Frederick Wills |
Chancellor of the University of the West Indies | |
In office 1989–2003 | |
Preceded by | Allen Montgomery Lewis |
Succeeded by | George Alleyne |
Chancellor of the University of Warwick | |
In office 1989–2002 | |
Preceded by | Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman |
Succeeded by | Nick Scheele |
Chancellor of the University of Guyana | |
In office 1990–1992 | |
Personal details | |
Born | New Amsterdam, British Guiana | 3 October 1928
Spouse |
Lois Winifred King
(m. 1951; died 2019)LL.M. ) |
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal
Shridath Ramphal is an Earth Charter International Commission member.
Biography
Ramphal was born in
Ramphal started his legal career as a Crown Counsel in the Attorney-General's Office in 1953, becoming Solicitor-General and then Assistant Attorney-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation. After a period in private practice in Jamaica, he returned to British Guiana in 1965 to be the Attorney General. Two years later, he was also appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, later becoming Minister of Justice (from 1973) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (from 1972). In 1975, he left Guyana to become Commonwealth Secretary-General.[5]
He also served as the Chancellor of the University of Warwick from 1989 to 2002, of the University of the West Indies from 1989 to 2003, and of the University of Guyana from 1990 to 1992.[6]
During Ramphal's time as
With Ingvar Carlsson, he was in 1995 one of the co-chairs of the Commission on Global Governance, which reported on issues of international development, international security, globalization and global governance.
Selected bibliography
- Inseparable Humanity: An Anthology of Reflections (Hansib, 1988)
- Triumph for UNCLOS: The Guyana-Suriname Maritime Arbitration (Hansib, 2008)
- Caribbean Challenges: Sir Shridath Ramphal's Collected Counsel (Hansib, 2012)
Honours and awards
Sir Shridath was appointed a Companion of the
On 26 February 1982, Sir Shridath was appointed an honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).[11] On 6 February 1990, Ramphal was the 19th appointee to the Order of New Zealand,[12] New Zealand's highest civil honour. He was decorated as a Member of the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) in the first conferment in 1992.[4] In May 2006 Ramphal was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Arts. He is a vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth Society. The Ramphal Building at the University of Warwick was named in his honour.
In 2002, Rampal was awarded the
In popular culture
Ramphal is portrayed by Tony Jayawardena in the fourth season of the Netflix web television series The Crown.[14]
References
- ^ "President saddened at passing of Lady Lois Winifred Ramphal - Guyana Chronicle". 24 September 2019.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Shridath Ramphal". The Integrationist Caribbean. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Sir Shridath Ramphal". The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Tributes to Sir Shridath Ramphal on his eightieth birthday". Stabroek News. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Shridath Ramphal".
- ^ "London Gazette, Supplement: 44004". London-gazette.co.uk. 3 June 1966. p. 6533. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "London Gazette, Supplement: 45004". London-gazette.co.uk. 30 December 1969. p. 49. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "London Gazette, Supplement: 45036". London-gazette.co.uk. 6 February 1970. p. 1551. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Lightbourne, Tanya (22 October 2011). "Chancellor's choice: Sir Shridath awarded Chancellor's Medal". Barbados Advocate. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Australia: It's an Honour
- ^ "Honours and Awards" (15 February 1990), 23 New Zealand Gazette 445 at 446.
- ^ The Tribune dated 13 April 2003, accessed 2 November 2006.
- ^ "Tony Jayawardena". IMDb.
Further reading
- Richard Bourne, Shridath Ramphal: The Commonwealth and the World (Hansib, 2009)
External links
- "Interview with Sir Shridath Ramphal: Commonwealth Oral History Project". School of Advanced Study, University of London. 17 April 2015.
- The Ramphal Institute - Official website for the continuation of the work of Sir Shridath Ramphal: promoting good governance, economic development and social justice around the world.