The Right Honourable
Renganaden Padayachy
MP
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development
Assumed office
12 November 2019
PresidentPradeep Roopun
Prime MinisterPravind Jugnauth
Preceded byPravind Jugnauth,
Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo
Personal details
Born (1971-02-07) 7 February 1971
Bel Air Rivière Sèche
Political partyMSM
ResidenceBeau Bassin[1]
Alma materParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Renganaden Padayachy is a Mauritian politician.

Early life, education & career

Padayachy grew up in Bel Air and completed his secondary education at John Kennedy College. He studied in France and holds a master's degree in Public Economics (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), a master's degree in Industrial Economics (University of Franche-Comté) as well as a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.[2]

He worked as chief economist at the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) before he was appointed in January 2018 as first deputy governor of the Bank of Mauritius (BoM) and chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC).[3][4]

Political career

At the 07 November 2019 general elections Renganaden Padayachy stood as candidate of the MSM within the L'Alliance Morisien.[5] He was elected as Second Member for Constituency No.13 Rivière des Anguilles-Souillac in the National Assembly.[6] On 12 November 2019 he was appointed Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development.

References

  1. ↑ "Bio Data of Dr Padayachy". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ↑ Ramdin, Al Khizr. "Premier Budget pour Renganaden Padayachy, son portrait". Defimedia. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Bio Data of First Deputy Governor BoM" (PDF). Bank of Mauritius. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ↑ "MCCI". Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  5. ↑ "Elected members of National Assembly (2019)" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Detailed results of 2019 general elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-09-05.


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