| Intro | Governor-General of Mauritius | ||||||
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Politician Governor |
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United Kingdom Mauritius |
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| Type | Politics | ||||||
| Gender | male | ||||||
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12 January 1917, Glasgow, United Kingdom |
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| Death |
12 August 2002 |
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| Star sign | Capricorn | ||||||
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Sir John Shaw Rennie GCMG OBE (12 January 1917 – 12 August 2002) was a British civil servant and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East’s Commissioner-General from 1971 to 1977.
Early life
John Rennie was born in Glasgow and educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1951 Rennie was appointed Britain’s deputy colonial secretary for Mauritius. He was the British Resident in Vanuatu from 1955 to 1962. From 1962 to 1968 he was Governor of Mauritius, overseeing Mauritius’ transition to independence. From 1968 to 1971 Rennie was UNRWA deputy Commissioner-General under Laurence Michelmore, who persuaded then-U.N. Secretary-General U Thant to appoint Rennie as his successor.