Career
Ruhee founded the Mauritius National Olympic Committee and remained it Secretary General until his death in 2008. Ruhee, born in Portuguese Louis and former teacher, founded the first division soccer club Cadets Club in Mauritius in 1948. He continued to manage the team after its founding.
He later founded the Mauritius National Olympic Committee in 1971 and remained its Secretary General until his death in 2008.
Mauritius first competed in the Olympics during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and has subsequently competed in every Summer OLympics Game since. The International Olympic Committee would later commend Ruhee in statement following his death saying, "(He) played a key role in promoting the values of sport to the youth in his country."
He was investigated in 1999 as part of the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal.
However, Ruhee was completely exonerated and cleared of any wrongdoing in the scandal. He was awarded the Olympic Order of Merit at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Ruhee also served on the Fédération internationale de football association executive committee from 1992 until 1998.
Ram Ruhee died on October 21, 2008, at the age of 81 after a long illness.
