Jaya Krishna Cuttaree
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Dr. Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (born June 22, 1941) was the foreign minister
of Mauritius
from December 23, 2003 to July 5, 2005 and a member of the Mauritian parliament from Stanley since 1982. He is a descendant of India
n immigrants. He went to university in the United Kingdom
and Sweden
and worked in agriculture and natural resources jobs for international and national organisations before entering politics. He was minister of trade and industry from September 2000 to December 2003. He ran in 2005 for the post of Director General of the WTO as African Union's candidate. He lost his post as foreign minister when his party lost elections. He is the deputy leader of the MMM.
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
of Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
from December 23, 2003 to July 5, 2005 and a member of the Mauritian parliament from Stanley since 1982. He is a descendant of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n immigrants. He went to university in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and worked in agriculture and natural resources jobs for international and national organisations before entering politics. He was minister of trade and industry from September 2000 to December 2003. He ran in 2005 for the post of Director General of the WTO as African Union's candidate. He lost his post as foreign minister when his party lost elections. He is the deputy leader of the MMM.