Global InformationBhadra Ranchod information
Bhadra Ranchod | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly | |
| In office 9 May 1994 – March 1996 | |
| Speaker | Frene Ginwala |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Baleka Mbete |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 9 May 1994 – March 1996 | |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office February 1993 – April 1994 | |
| President | F. W. de Klerk |
| Preceded by | Org Marais |
| Succeeded by | Dawie de Villiers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 or 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town Leiden University |
Bhadrakumar Ghaloo "Bhadra" Ranchod (born 1943 or 1944) is a retired South African politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from May 1994 to March 1996. He represented the National Party and previously served as Minister of Tourism for a brief period from 1993 to 1994 under President F. W. de Klerk.
Ranchod was the head of private law at the University of Durban-Westville until 1986, when he accepted appointment as South African Ambassador to the European Common Market and became South Africa's first non-white ambassador. He resigned from the National Assembly in March 1996 in order to take up another diplomatic posting as South African High Commissioner to Australia.