Cassam Moollan’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Governor-General of Mauritius
Was Politician
Judge
From Mauritius
Type Law
Politics
Gender male
Birth

26 February 1927

Death

15 November 2010
(aged 83 years)

Star sign Pisces

Sir Cassam Ismael Moollan (26 February 1927 – 15 November 2010) was the Acting Governor-General of Mauritius from 15 December 1985 until 17 January 1986. As chief justice of Mauritius at the time, he assumed the position immediately after the death of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam until a successor could be appointed. He was knighted in 1982.
He was educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and earned his LLB in 1950. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn the following year. Returning to Mauritius, he practised as a lawyer from 1951 to 1955. He was a Magistrate (1955–58), Crown Counsel (1958–64), and Senior Crown Counsel (1964–66). He was elevated to Solicitor General in 1966. In 1969, a year before his appointment as Puisne Judge, the Supreme Court, he was made Queen’s Counsel (QC). He became Senior Puisne Judge in 1978, editor of the Mauritius Law Report from 1982 to 1984. He became Chief Justice in 1982, a position he held until his retirement in 1988.
He was knighted by the Queen in 1982 and awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur from France in 1986.

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