{"id":2484,"date":"2025-09-19T06:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:12:40","slug":"guardian-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"Guardian of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2484\" class=\"elementor elementor-2484\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92aec3e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92aec3e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a96174 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a96174\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5ebc70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5ebc70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2496\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg 801w, https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1953a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1953a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fig 5 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam being sworn in as the Governor-General in<\/strong><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>December 1983 at State House, Le Reduit<\/strong><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Source: GIS)<\/strong><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a3f19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41a3f19\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a56e4a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a56e4a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 12 March 1968, Mauritius gained independence under his leadership. Against expectations of violence and division, independence was achieved in peace. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam\u2019s cabinets reflected the island\u2019s diversity, and his inclusive leadership prevented division at a critical moment, demonstrating that negotiated representation was stronger than imposed dominance. He famously warned, \u201cWe cannot build a nation on fear and domination.\u201d This conviction guided him throughout his political career and gave Mauritius a democratic culture rare among postcolonial African states.<\/p><p>Between March 1968 and June 1982, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam served as the country\u2019s first prime minister. From December 1983 until his death in December 1985, he served as the country\u2019s fifth Governor-General.\u00a0 His decision even at the ripe old age of 83 to continue serving his country marked him not just as the Father of the Nation, but as a true guardian of democracy, committed to the principle that power must serve the people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fig 5 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam being sworn in as the Governor-General in December 1983 at State House, Le Reduit (Source: GIS) On 12 March 1968, Mauritius gained independence under his leadership. Against expectations of violence and division, independence was achieved in peace. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam\u2019s cabinets reflected the island\u2019s diversity, and his inclusive leadership prevented division at a critical moment, demonstrating that negotiated representation was stronger than imposed dominance. He famously warned, \u201cWe cannot build a nation on fear and domination.\u201d This conviction guided him throughout his political career and gave Mauritius a democratic culture rare among postcolonial African states.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ssr"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",300,221,false],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",281,207,false],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",400,295,false],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",600,443,false],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",801,591,false],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",130,95,false],"full":["https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr5.jpg",801,591,false]},"categories_names":{"60":{"name":"SSR","link":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?cat=60"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions\/2572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}