Rama Sithanen
Rama Sithanen | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sithanen in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of the Bank of Mauritius | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 16 November 2024 – 29 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Rajeev Hasnah Gérard Sanspeur | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Harvesh Seegoolam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vice-Prime Minister of Mauritius | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 September 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pravind Jugnauth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Finance and Economic Empowerment Finance and Economic Development (2005–2008) Finance (1991–1995) | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 7 July 2005 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Pravind Jugnauth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pravind Jugnauth (Finance and Economic Development) | ||||||||||||||||||
| In office 7 September 1991 – 5 December 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Anerood Jugnauth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anerood Jugnauth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Rundheersing Bheenick | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 April 1954 Mauritius | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Militant Socialist Movement Mauritian Labour Party | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Mrs Sithanen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | London School of Economics and Political Science | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Economist | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Rama Krishna Sithanen GCSK (born 21 April 1954) is a Mauritian politician and economist. He served as vice-prime minister of Mauritius from 2008 until 2010. Sithanen also served as finance minister between 1991 and 1995 when Sir Anerood Jugnauth was Prime Minister and from 2005 to 2010 under Navin Ramgoolam's cabinet. Afterwards, he was appointed as governor of the Bank of Mauritius in November 2024 until his resignation in September 2025.
In 2011, Sithanen worked as Director of Strategy at the African Development Bank. In the same year he took up the role of Chairman and Director of International Financial Services ("IFS"), a large management company in Mauritius. In 2016, he became the Chairman of Sanne Group PLC's Mauritius branch, following its acquisition of IFS. Between 2013 and 2017, he chaired the Rwanda Development Board. In 2022, Apex Group, a global financial solution provider, acquired Sanne Group PLC and in 2023 Dr Sithanen has become Independent Director and Chairperson of Apex Group's Mauritius group of companies.