Shridath Ramphal
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Sir Shridath Surendranath 'Sonny' Ramphal, OE, OM (Jamaica), GCMG, ONZ, AC, QC, FRSA, (born October 3, 1928, New Amsterdam, British Guiana) served as the second Commonwealth Secretary-General from 1975-1990. Ramphal previously served as the Foreign Minister of Guyana from 1972-1975. He was born in Guyana to an Indo-Guyanese family.
He was educated at King's College London.
He worked as the Chancellor of the University of Warwick from 1989 to 2002, the University of the West Indies until 2003 and also served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana.
During his time as Commonwealth Secretary-General, the United Kingdom represented by Margaret Thatcher was found to be in a minority of one on the issue of economic sanctions against apartheid South Africa.
He was made an Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Arts in May 2006.
He has two daughters, Susan and Amanda and two sons, Ian and Mark.
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| Preceded by Arnold Smith |
Secretary-General for the Commonwealth 1975–1990 |
Succeeded by Chief Emeka Anyaoku |
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| Preceded by Baron Scarman |
Chancellor of the University of Warwick 1989–2002 |
Succeeded by Nick Scheele |
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