Albert Ramassamy
Senator from Réunion
In office
25 September 1985 – 2 February 1987
Preceded byLouis Virapoullé
Succeeded byPaul Bénard
Parliamentary groupSocialist
Personal details
Born13 November 1923
Réunion, France
Died2 November 2018(2018-11-02) (aged 94)

Albert Ramassamy (13 November 1923 – 2 November 2018) was a French politician.[1]

Biography

He was born in Reunion in an Indian Tamil family that had arrived on the island as indentured labourers from India. Having been a professor, Ramassamy ran for Senator in 1983 and won, representing the region of Réunion.[1][2]

He was not reelected in 1992 after serving on the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Legislation, Universal Suffrage, Regulation and General Administration.

In addition to politics, Ramassamy wrote three books:

  • La Réunion : décolonisation et intégration (1987)(OCLC number 492952088)
  • La Réunion face à l'avenir (1973)(OCLC number 492951767)
  • La Réunion : les problèmes posés par l'intégration (1973)(OCLC number 492933221)[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Décès du sénateur Albert Ramassamy". francetélévisions (in French). 5 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Catalogue" (PDF). Dénomination de l’Hôtel de Région (in French). 10 November 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Le catalogue du Système Universitaire de Documentation - Albert Ramassamy". Sudoc (in French). 2018.


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