John Shaw Rennie
Sir John Shaw Rennie GCMG OBE | |
|---|---|
| 1st Governor-General of Mauritius | |
| In office 12 March 1968 – 3 September 1968 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Michel Rivalland (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1917 |
| Died | 12 August 2002 (aged 85)[1] |
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.[2]
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.[3] He was the British Resident in Vanuatu from 1955 to 1962.[4] 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.[5]
References[]
- ^ Sir John Rennie, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2002
- ^ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
- ^ RENNIE, Sir John Shaw, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2010
- ^ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vanuatu.html
- ^ Around the World Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2002
- 1917 births
- 2002 deaths
- Governors of British Mauritius
- Governors-General of Mauritius
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- UNRWA officials
- Resident Commissioners of the New Hebrides (United Kingdom)
- British officials of the United Nations