Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory

1 recorded engagement, 2019: 1 visit.

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1Engagements

1Visits

0Phone calls

0Video conferences

0Signed agreements

1Destination countries

1Multilateral summits

2019Years in LEAD

Biography

Mauritian politician

Paramasivum Pillay "Barlen" Vyapoory (born 1945/46) is a Mauritian politician and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of Mauritius from April 2016 to November 2019.

== Early life ==

Barlen Vyapoory previously served as High Commissioner of the Republic of Mauritius to South Africa. Vyapoory has served as president of that organization on several occasions. He is a member of the Militant Socialist Movement.

After Ameenah Gurib stepped down, he served as the acting president of Mauritius until his resignation on 26 November 2019.

== Awards and decorations ==

Mauritius:

Grand Officer of the Most Distinguished Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean

== References ==

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Where they travelled

Mauritius Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

United States of America1

Discussion topics

Diplomacy and Foreign Relations1
Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs1

Every recorded engagement

Date	Type	Destination	Agreements
2019-09-27	Visit Summit	United States of America · New York

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/paramasivum-pillay-vyapoory.html]