Shridath Ramphal
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Sir Shridath 'Sonny' Ramphal, OE, OM (Jamaica), GCMG, ONZ, AC, QC, FRSA, (born October 3, 1928, New Amsterdam, British Guyana) was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General (1975–1990). Ramphal served as Foreign Minister of Guyana from 1972-1975.He was born in Guyana to an Indo-Guyanese family.
He was the Chancellor of the University of Warwick from 1989 to 2002, the University of the West Indies until 2003 and also served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana. He studied at the London School of Economics.
During his time as Commonwealth Secretary-General, the United Kingdom represented by Mrs. Thatcher was found to be in a minority of one, on the issue of economic sanctions against apartheid South Africa
He was made an Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Arts in May 2006.
He has two daughters, Susan and Amanda.
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| Preceded by Arnold Smith |
Secretary-General for the Commonwealth 1975–1990 |
Succeeded by Chief Emeka Anyaoku |
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