Virgile Naz
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Sir Virgile Naz KCMG | |
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| Member of Council of the Government of Mauritius | |
| In office 1881–1901 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1825 |
| Died | 3 August 1901 (aged 75) |
| Party | Reform 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]
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 from the inhabitants of the village of Curepipe to create the Board des Commissaires de Curepipe with the goal of solving civil problems caused by the rapid development of the new village which had been founded in 1878. When the status of the village of Curepipe was changed to 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]