Sangeet Fowdar

The Honorable
Sangeet Fowdar
MP
Ministry of Training, Skills, Development, Productivity and External Communications
In office
18 September 2000  3 July 2005
President Cassam Uteem
Karl Offmann
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Paul Berenger
Preceded by Paul Berenger
Succeeded by Navin Ramgoolam
Member of Parliament
for
Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 December 2014
President Kailash Purryag
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth
Majority 21,746 (55.95%)[1]
Member of Parliament
for
Flacq & Bon Accueil
In office
18th September 2000  3rd July 2005
President Cassam Uteem
Karl Offmann
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Paul Berenger
Majority 21,258 (57.12%)[2]
Personal details
Born 5 September 1957
Mauritius
Political party Muvment Liberater (2014 – present)
Mauritian Militant Movement (1996–2014)
Occupation Accountant
Religion Hinduism

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 currently a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the parliamentary representative for Mauritius at the World Trade Organisation. Fowdar previously served as the Minister 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 following dissatisfaction with the PTRMMM alliance.[4] He was re-elected as an MP for Grand Baie & Poudre d'Or in the 2014 general elections.

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