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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Hon.
|name = Haresh Kishinchand Budhrani
|honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]
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|office = [[Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament|Speaker of the Gibraltar House of Assembly]]
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|term_start2 = 2007
|term_end2 = 2012
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1952|6|30}}
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|alma_mater = [[King's College London]]<br />[[University of Law|College of Law]]
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The Hon. '''Haresh Kishinchand Budhrani''', [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], (born 30 June 1952) is a [[Gibraltarian people|Gibraltarian]] [[barrister]] of Indian origin. He was [[Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament]] from September 2004 to October 2012.

== Biography ==
Budhrani was born in [[Mumbai]], [[India]], in June 1952. He is of [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] origin.<ref name="Alfonso">{{cite book
|title=Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research
|publisher=Routledge
|date=2004
|isbn=9781134390359|first1=Carolin|last1=Alfonso|first2=Waltraud|last2=Kokot|first3=Khachig|last3=Tölölyan|page=198}}</ref> He was educated in [[Derbyshire]] and later at the [[University of Law|College of Law]], [[Guildford]]. Budhrani commented on the growing acceptability of [[Hinduism in Gibraltar|Hindus in Gibraltar]] – by 1973 he assessed that Hindus were able to fully join in with the local community.<ref name=archer>{{cite book|last=Archer|first=Edward G.|title=Gibraltar, Identity And Empire|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|pages=233|isbn=9780415347969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ip0C6odET4C&q=hindu+gibraltar}}</ref>

He graduated in Law in 1974 from [[King's College London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/haresh-k-budhrani/52/238/426|title=Haresh K. Budhrani|editor=LinkedIn|editor-link=LinkedIn|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> Budhrani later attended the [[Inns of Court]] [[Law school|School of Law]] becoming a barrister in August 1975.<ref name="Panorama">{{cite web|url=http://www.panorama.gi/archive/040913/updates.htm|title=Budhrani named Speaker – without Opposition support|editor=Panorama|date=13 September 2004|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref>

He was president of the [[Hindu Merchants' Association]] of Gibraltar until 2004, following the resignation of The Hon. Judge [[John Alcantara|John E. Alcantara]] who had been nominated for the position of Speaker by the governing [[Gibraltar Social Democrats]] (without the approval of the [[Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (Gibraltar)|Opposition]]).<ref name="Panorama"/> In September 2004, Budhrani took office as [[Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament|Speaker]] of the Gibraltar House of Assembly (later the [[Gibraltar Parliament]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gi/history/composition-of-parliament|title=Composition of Parliament|editor=Gibraltar Parliament|editor-link=Gibraltar Parliament|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref>

In December 2011, he was reappointed by Chief Minister, [[Fabian Picardo]] of the [[Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vox.gi/Local/4308-appointment-of-new-speaker-at-gibraltar-parliament.html|title=Appointment of New Speaker at Gibraltar Parliament|editor=VOX|date=21 December 2011|accessdate=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231009/http://vox.gi/Local/4308-appointment-of-new-speaker-at-gibraltar-parliament.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 28 September 2012 Budhrani announced that he would relinquish the position of Speaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=Composition of Parliament|url=http://www.parliament.gi/history/composition-of-parliament|publisher=[[Government of Gibraltar]]|accessdate=12 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbc.gi/news/news-details.php?id=500|title=Parliament passes Broadcasting Act: replaces GBC Act|editor=gbc.gi|date=1 October 2012|accessdate=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015207/http://www.gbc.gi/news/news-details.php?id=500|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
In May 2012, he was accused of having defaulted business tax payments, and as consequence, his salary of Speaker was withheld by the [[Gibraltar Treasury]].<ref name="Taxes">{{cite web|url=http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24790|title=Taxing questions for Mr. Speaker|editor=Gibraltar Chronicle|editor-link=Gibraltar Chronicle|date=10 May 2012|accessdate=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526000227/http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24790|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Budhrani stated that although a deduction was really being done from month to month, it was the result of an agreement signed with the [[Gibraltar Income Tax Office]], not an imposition of the same, and that the amount of his debt were not as high as cited by the local media<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24888|title=Statement by Speaker Haresh Budhrani|editor=Gibraltar Chronicle|editor-link=Gibraltar Chronicle|date=18 May 2012|accessdate=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203407/http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24888|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> (the [[Gibraltar Chronicle]] implied it was over [[Gibraltar pound|£]]150,000).<ref name="Taxes"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20130213144606/http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24890 Budhrani to step down as Speaker following storm over his personal tax affairs]

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