Virgile Naz

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Virgile Naz

KCMG
Member of Council of the Government of Mauritius
In office
1881–1901
Personal details
Born(1825-10-21)21 October 1825
Mahé, Seychelles
Died3 August 1901(1901-08-03) (aged 75)
Mauritius
Political partyReform Party (The Oligarchs)

Sir Virgile Naz (1825-1901) was a Mauritian lawyer, businessman and politician who was elected in British Mauritius to the Council of the Government of Mauritius, the predecessor of modern-day National Assembly or Parliament. [1]

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Early life

Virgile Naz was born in the Seychelles to his mother Marie Joséphine Délande and father Jean Baptiste Naz in 1825. He grew up on the island of Mauritius and studied law. [2]

Career

Sir Virgile Naz practiced as a lawyer. He was elected as President of the Chamber of Agriculture of Mauritius over 4 terms (1865-1865, 1869-1869, 1877-1877 and 1881-1881).

Between 1882 and 1889 Sir Virgile Naz gathered support of the inhabitants of the village of Curepipe to create the Board des Commissaires de Curepipe with the goal of solving civil problems caused by rapid development of the new village which had been founded in 1878. When the status of the village of Curepipe was changed that of town Governor Sir Charles Lees named Sir Virgile Naz as the first President of the Board. The Board commissioned a network of 80 asphalted roads, built a bridge, drains, public gardens, nursery at Bois et Fôret, new Carnegie Library, a slaughter house, Cité Pitot and Salaffa Shopping Centre. [3]

Politics

Naz formed part of the pro-Hennessy Reform Party (also known as The Oligarchs) of Sir William Newton (Mauritius). Their main rivals formed part of the anti-Hennessy party Democrats which was led by Gustave de Coriolis and Onésipho Beaugeard. [4] Virgile Naz was a member of the Council of the Government of Mauritius for a number of years.

Virgile Naz as well as Lois Raoul and William Newton are credited for being instrumental in ushering the radical reforms which became known as the Constitutional Reform of 1885. [5]

At the 1886 elections Naz was elected in the constituency of Souillac. It is following Sir Virgile Naz's recommendation that Governor John Pope Hennessy nominated Gnanadicarayen Arlanda as the first Indo-Mauritian to serve as member of the Legislative Council in 1886. [6] [7]

Recognition

Virgile Naz was decorated as Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1874 in recognition for his contributions to Mauritian society. In 1880 he was further honored with the title Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). [8]

In the town of Rose Hill a street which connects Vandermeersch Street to Julius Nyerere Street is named after him. [9] Another street in the capital city of Port Louis also bears his name, extending from Jules Koenig Street, through China Town to Sir Edgar Laurent Street in Plaine Verte. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nominated members pioneered by Pope Hennessy". Le Mauricien. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  2. ↑ "Family Tree and Genealogy of Virgile Naz". Geneanet. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  3. ↑ "History of Curepipe". Municipality of Curepipe. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  4. ↑ "Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth". L'Express. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Sir John Pope Hennessy and Constitutional Reforms (1956)". Mauritius Times. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  6. ↑ "Nominated members pioneered by Pope Hennessy". Le Mauricien. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  7. ↑ "HISTOIRE: Les premières élections générales opposent Oligarques et Démocrates". Le Mauricien. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  8. ↑ Shaw, William Arthur (1970). Knights of England. ISBN   9780806304434 . Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  9. ↑ Bheemuck, Reshmee. "Rose Hill : la rue Sir Virgil Naz fermée à cause des accumulations d'eau". Défimedia. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  10. ↑ Capery, Fateema. "Forte tempête Calvinia : plusieurs pharmacies de garde". Défimedia. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
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