Haresh Budhrani
| The Hon. Haresh Kishinchand Budhrani QC | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament | |
| In office 2004–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1952 Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | British (Gibraltarian) |
| Alma mater | King's College London College of Law |
| Occupation | Barrister Businessman Politician |
| Portfolio | Chairman of the Hindu Merchants' Association Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament |
The Hon. Haresh Kishinchand Budhrani, QC, is a Gibraltarian barrister of Indian origin. He was Speaker for the Gibraltar Parliament from September 2004 to October 2012.
Biography
Budhrani was born in Mumbai, India, in June 1952. He was educated in Derbyshire and later at the College of Law, Guildford. Budhrani commented on the Growing acceptability of Hindus in Gibraltar - by 1973 he assessed that Hindus were able to fully join in with the local community.[1]
He graduated in Law in 1974 from King's College London.[2] Budhrani later attended the Inns of Court School of Law and became a barrister in August 1975.[3]
He was president of the Hindu Merchants' Association of Gibraltar until 2004, following the resignation of The Hon. Judge John E. Alcantara who had been nominated for the position of Speaker by the Gibraltar Social Democrats (without the approval of the Opposition).[3] In September 2004, Budhrani took office as Speaker of the Gibraltar House of Assembly (now the Gibraltar Parliament).[4]
In December 2011, he was reappointed by Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party.[5]
He retired from the position of Speaker in October 2012.[6]
Controversies
In May 2012, he was accused of having defaulted business tax payments, and as consequence, his salary of Speaker was withheld by the Gibraltar Treasury.[7] Budhrani stated that although a deduction was really being done from month to month, was the result of an agreement signed with the Gibraltar Income Tax Office, not an imposition of the same, and that the amount of his debt were not as high as cited by the local media[8] (the figure mentioned was over £150,000).[7]
References
- ↑ Archer, Edward G. (2006). Gibraltar, Identity And Empire. Routledge. p. 233.
- ↑ LinkedIn (ed.). "Haresh K. Budhrani". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Panorama, ed. (2004-09-13). "Budhrani named Speaker - without Opposition support". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ Gibraltar Parliament (ed.). "Composition of Parliament". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ VOX, ed. (2011-12-21). "Appointment of New Speaker at Gibraltar Parliament". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ gbc.gi, ed. (2012-10-01). "Parliament passes Broadcasting Act: replaces GBC Act". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gibraltar Chronicle, ed. (2012-05-10). "Taxing questions for Mr. Speaker". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ Gibraltar Chronicle, ed. (2012-05-18). "Statement by Speaker Haresh Budhrani". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
