John Shaw Rennie

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Sir John Shaw Rennie

GCMG OBE
1st Governor-General of Mauritius
In office
12 March 1968 – 3 September 1968
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterSeewoosagur Ramgoolam
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMichel Rivalland (acting)
Personal details
Born(1917-01-12)12 January 1917
Died12 August 2002(2002-08-12) (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[]

  1. ^ Sir John Rennie, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2002
  2. ^ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
  3. ^ RENNIE, Sir John Shaw, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2010
  4. ^ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vanuatu.html
  5. ^ Around the World Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2002
Government offices
Preceded by
Hubert Flaxman
Governor of Vanuatu
1955–1962
Succeeded by
Alexander Mair Wilkie
Preceded by
Colville Deverell
Governor of Mauritius
1962–1968
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Position established
Governor-General of Mauritius
1968
Succeeded by
Michel Rivalland
Acting
Positions in intergovernmental organisations
Preceded by
Laurence Michelmore (United States)
Commissioner-General for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
April 1971–1977
Succeeded by
Thomas McElhiney (United States)
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