Bhadrakumar Ghaloo "Bhadra" Ranchod was born on 1943 or 1944 and is a retired South African politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from May 1994 to March 1996.
10 Facts About Bhadra Ranchod
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Bhadra Ranchod resigned from the National Assembly in March 1996 in order to take up another diplomatic posting as South African High Commissioner to Australia.
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Bhadra Ranchod was born in 1943 or 1944 and was classified as Indian under apartheid.
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Bhadra Ranchod studied law at the University of Cape Town and completed his postgraduate education abroad at the University of Leiden.
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Bhadra Ranchod served as the dean of the university's law school from 1976 to 1979, and in 1985 he was appointed to the board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
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In 1986, Bhadra Ranchod was named as South African Ambassador to the European Common Market in Brussels and thus became the country's first non-white ambassador.
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In May 1987, UPI reported that Bhadra Ranchod had twice applied unsuccessfully for an exemption from the Group Areas Act, seeking permission to buy a home near his university in the white-designated suburb of Westville, Durban.
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In early 1996, Bhadra Ranchod announced that he would resign from the National Assembly in March to become South African High Commissioner to Australia.
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Bhadra Ranchod apparently had not discussed the appointment with his party beforehand.
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Bhadra Ranchod was replaced as Deputy Speaker by Baleka Mbete of the ANC.