Gaetan duval biography
Sir gaetan duval biography
92nd Anniversary Of The Birth Of Sir Gaëtan Duval.
Gaëtan Duval
Mauritian politician (1930–1996)
Sir Charles Gaëtan DuvalQC (9 October 1930 – 5 May 1996) was Mauritian a barrister, statesman and politician who was the leader of the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD) political party.
Early life and education
Duval was born in Rose Hill on 9 October 1930 in an upper middle-class Creole family of mixed ancestry. His father Charles was a civil servant and his mother Rosina Henrisson (1902-1989) was a housewife.[1] In 1933 when Gaëtan was only 3 years old his father died and his uncle Raoul raised him.
Gaetan duval biography
The young Duval attended Saint-Enfant-Jésus RCA primary school and the Royal College of Curepipe. He then travelled abroad to study law at Lincoln's Inn (UK) and at the Faculty of Law of (Paris). He then joined the Mauritian Bar to practice as Barrister and became known during high profile cases.[2]
Political career
After studying law in the UK and France he became actively involved in politics in Ma