Mauritius
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1789 - 3 Oct 1810
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3 Oct 1810 - 14 Dec 1869
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14 Dec 1869 - 25 Aug 1906
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25 Aug 1906 - 14 Dec 1923
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14 Dec 1923 - 12 Mar 1968
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Adopted 12 Mar 1968
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Map
of Mauritius
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Hear
National Anthem "Motherland"
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Text
of National Anthem Adopted 1968
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Constitution (12 Mar 1968)
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Capital: Port Louis (Port-Napoléon 1809-1810; Port-de-la-Montagne 1792-1795)
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Currency: Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
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National Holiday: 12 Mar (1968) Independence Day
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Population: 1,250,882 (2007)
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GDP: $16.72 billion (2006)
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Exports: $2.31 billion (2006) Imports: $3.39 billion (2006)
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Ethnic groups: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole
27.4%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% (2000)
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Total Paramilitary Force: 2,000 (2003) Merchant marine: 6 ships (2006)
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Religions: Hindu 49.6%, Christian 32.2% (of
which Roman Catholic 23.6%, Protestant 5.2%), Muslim 16.6%, Buddhist 0.4%, other 1.2% (2000)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfDB, APM, AU, BTWC, C, COMESA, CPLP
(associate observer), ENMOD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO,
ITU, ITUC, KP, MIGA, NAM, NPT, NTBT, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNFCC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Mauritius Index
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Chronology
1505
Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Domingos
Fernández, named Ilha do Cerne.
1513
Resighted by Portuguese Capt. Pedro de Mascarenhas,
who names the Archipelago the Mascarene Islands.
20 Sep 1598
Rediscovered by Dutch Capt. Wybrant Warwijk,
claimed for Netherlands, only brief settlement.
7 May 1638
Dutch colony of Mauritius under the
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (United East
India Company).
16 Jul 1658 - 1664
Abandoned.
17 Feb 1710
Abandoned.
6 Sep 1718
Claimed for France (Île de France) by
Chevalier Jean-Baptiste Garnier de Fougeray.
23 Sep 1721
Formally claimed for France by Chevalier
Jean-Baptiste Garnier de Fougeray;
under Compagnie des Indies rule.
4 Jun 1735 - 23 Mar 1746 French Mascarene Islands colony
(Île de
France, Île Bourbon [Réunion] and Séchelles).
14 Jul 1767
French crown colony.
25 Oct 1797 - 19 Apr 1801 Nominally organized as a département
of France,
but was with the hands of a colonial assembly
without relationship with the metropolis. This
assembly divided the colony into 8 cantons.
3 Feb 1803 - 2 Sep 1810 Part of French colony
of Indes-Orientales
(nominally included Île de Réunion
[to 9 Jul 1810]
French India, Île de France, Rodrigues, and
the Séchelles [Seychelles] to 17 May
1810).
3 Dec 1810
British colony (Mauritius).
30 May 1814
British possession confirmed by the Treaty of
Paris.
12 Mar 1968
Independence from U.K. (Mauritius).
12 Mar 1992
Republic of Mauritius |
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Rodrigues Island
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Commandants/Chiefs (Opperhoofd)(of the Dutch
East India Company)
20 Sep 1598 - 1598
Wybrant Warwijck
6 May 1638 - 7 Nov 1639 Cornelis Simonszoon Gooyer
7 Nov 1639 - 1645
Adriaan van der Stel
1645 - 1648
Jacob van der Meersch
1648 - 1653
Reynier Por
1653 - 1654
Joost van der Woutbeek
1654 - 1656
Maximiliaan de Jongh
1656 - 1658
Abraham Evertszoon
1658 - 1664
Vacant
1664 - May 1665
Jacobus van Nieuwland
(d. 1665)
1665 - 1667
Georg Frederick Wreeden
(d. 1672)
(1st time)
1667 - 1668
Jan van Jaar
1668 - 1669
Dirk Janszoon Smient
1669 - 1672
Georg Frederick Wreeden
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1672 - 1672
Swen Felleson
1672 - 13 Feb 1673
Philip Col
13 Feb 1673 - 4 Oct 1677 Hubert Hugo
4 Oct 1677 - 22 Oct 1692 Isaac Johannes Lamotius
22 Oct 1692 - 25 Nov 1703 Roëlof Deodati
25 Nov 1703 - 17 Feb 1710 Abraham Momber van der Velde
17 Feb 1710 - 6 Sep 1718 Vacant
Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
24 Dec 1721 - 7 Apr 1722 Julien Duronguët le Toullec
(acting)
7 Apr 1722 - 16 Dec 1725 Denis, chevalier de Nyon
4 May 1722 - 13 Jun 1722 Duval de Hauville
(acting for Nyon)
13 Jul 1722 - 3 Dec 1722 Jacques Gast d'Hauterive
(b. 1680 - d. 1762)
(acting for Nyon)
16 Dec 1725 - 13 Mar 1729 Denis de Brousse (acting)
13 Mar 1729 - 20 Aug 1729 Pierre Benoît Dumas
(b. 1668 - d. 1745)
20 Aug 1729 - 4 Jun 1735 Nicolas de Maupin
Governors-general of the Mascarene Islands (of the Compagnie
des Indes to 14 Jul 1767)
4 Jun 1735 - 23 Mar 1746 Bertrand François Mahé,
(b. 1699 - d. 1753)
comte de La Bourdonnais
20 Mar 1740 - 14 Aug 1741 Didier de Saint-Martin (1st time)
(acting for La Bourdonnais)
1741 - 18 Dec 1742
Didier de Saint-Martin (2nd time)
(acting for La Bourdonnais)
23 Mar 1746 - 6 Oct 1746 Didier de Saint-Martin (acting)
6 Oct 1746 - 10 Feb 1753 Pierre Félix Barthélemy
David (b. 1711 - d. 1795)
10 Feb 1753 - 3 Dec 1755 Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet
de (b. 1705 - d. 1786)
Lozier
3 Dec 1755 - 4 Nov 1759 René Magon de
la Villebague (b. 1722 - d. 1778)
4 Nov 1759 - 14 Jul 1767 Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher
(b. 1713 - d. 1790)
14 Jul 1767 - 27 Nov 1768 Jean Daniel Dumas
(b. 1721 - d. 1794)
27 Nov 1768 - 6 Jun 1769 Jean Guillaume Steinauer (acting)
6 Jun 1769 - 23 Aug 1772 François Julien du
Dresnay, (b. 1719 - d. 1784)
chevalier Desroches
23 Aug 1772 - 2 Dec 1776 Charles Henri Louis d'Arsac,
(b. 1723 - d. 1780)
chevalier de Ternay
2 Dec 1776 - 28 Apr 1779 Antoine de Guiran, chevalier
(b. 1724? - d. 1779)
de La Brillanne
28 Apr 1779 - 30 Apr 1779 Joseph Murinais, comte de
Saint-Maurice (acting)
1 May 1779 - 3 Nov 1787 François, vicomte
de Souillac (b. 1732 - d. 1803)
(acting to 30 Jan 1780)
5 Apr 1785 - 28 Jun 1785 Camille Charles Leclerc,
chevalier de Fresne
(acting for Souillac)
28 Jun 1785 - 7 Nov 1785 chevalier de Fleury
(acting for Souillac)
5 Nov 1787 - 14 Nov 1789 Joseph Antoine Raimond de
Bruni, (b. 1737 - d. 1793)
chevalier d'Entrecasteaux
14 Nov 1789 - 29 Jul 1790 Thomas, comte de Conway
(b. 1733 - d. c.1800)
29 Jul 1790 - 19 Aug 1790 Dominique Prosper de Chermont
(b. 1741 - d. 1798)
(acting)
19 Aug 1790 - 18 Jun 1792 David Charpentier de Cossigny
(b. 1740 - d. 1801)
(acting)
18 Jun 1792 - 28 Jul 1800 Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès,
(b. 1730 - d. 1800)
comte de Malartic
28 Jul 1800 - 25 Sep 1803 François Louis Magallon
de la (b. 1754 - d. 1825)
Morlière
Captain-general
26 Sep 1803 - 3 Dec 1810 Charles Mathieu Isidore,
(b. 1769 - d. 1832)
comte Decaen
Governors
4 Dec 1810 - 20 May 1823 Robert Townsend Farquhar
(b. 1776 - d. 1830)
(from 1821, Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar)
18 Apr 1811 - 15 Jul 1811 Henry Warde (acting for Farquhar)
(b. 1766 - d. 1834)
10 Nov 1817 - 10 Dec 1818 Gage Hall (acting for Farquhar)
10 Dec 1818 - 6 Feb 1819 John Dalrymple (acting for
Farquhar)
6 Feb 1819 - 6 Jul 1820 Ralph Darling (acting
for Farquhar)(b. 1772 - d. 1858)
20 May 1823 - 12 Jun 1823 Ralph Darling (acting)
(s.a.)
12 Jun 1823 - 17 Jun 1828 Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole
(b. 1772 - d. 1842)
17 Jun 1828 - 3 Feb 1833 Sir Charles Colville
(b. 1770 - d. 1843)
4 Feb 1833 - 20 Feb 1840 Sir William Nicolay
(b. 1771 - d. 1842)
20 Feb 1840 - 16 Jul 1840 James Power (acting)
16 Jul 1840 - 2 Jan 1842 Sir Lionel Smith
(b. 1778 - d. 1842)
3 Jan 1842 - 21 Nov 1842 William Staveley (acting)
(b. 1784 - d. 1854)
21 Nov 1842 - 5 May 1849 Sir William Maynard Gomm
(b. 1784 - d. 1875)
5 May 1849 - 8 Jun 1849 Thomas Blanshard (acting)
8 Jun 1849 - 19 Oct 1850 Sir George William Anderson
(b. 1791 - d. 1857)
19 Oct 1850 - 8 Jan 1851 William Sutherland (acting)
8 Jan 1851 - 20 Sep 1857 Sir James Macaulay Higginson
(b. 1805 - d. 1885)
14 Apr 1854 - 18 Jan 1855 William Sutherland
(acting for Higginson)
18 Jan 1855 - 12 Jun 1855 C.M. Hay (acting for Higginson)
20 Sep 1857 - 9 Jan 1863 Sir William Stevenson
(b. 1805 - d. 1863)
10 Jan 1863 - 21 Aug 1863 M.G. Johnstone (acting)
21 Aug 1863 - 3 Jun 1870 Sir Henry Barkly
(b. 1815 - d. 1898)
4 Jun 1870 - 21 Feb 1871 Selby Smith (acting)
21 Feb 1871 - 18 Aug 1874 Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
(b. 1829 - d. 1912)
21 Oct 1871 - 28 Oct 1872 Edward Norton (1st time)
(b. 1832 - d. 1897)
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
20 Jan 1873 - 20 Oct 1873 Edward Norton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
18 Aug 1874 - 21 Sep 1874 Edward Norton (3rd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
21 Sep 1874 - 31 Dec 1878 Sir Arthur Purves Phayre
(b. 1812 - d. 1885)
31 Dec 1878 - 4 Apr 1879 Frederick Napier Broome (1st
time) (b. 1842 - d. 1896)
(acting)
4 Apr 1879 - 9 Dec 1880 Sir George Ferguson Bowen
(b. 1821 - d. 1899)
9 Dec 1880 - 5 May 1883 Sir Frederick Napier
Broome (s.a.)
(2nd time)
5 May 1883 - 1 Jun 1883 Charles Bruce (acting)
(b. 1836 - d. 1920)
1 Jun 1883 - 11 Dec 1889 Sir John Pope Hennessy
(b. 1834 - d. 1891)
(suspended 14 Dec 1886 - 12 Jul 1887)
24 Sep 1884 - 15 Oct 1884 Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
(1st time)(acting for Hennessy)
29 Sep 1886 - 12 Dec 1886 Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
(2nd time)(acting for Hennessy)
15 Dec 1886 - 18 Dec 1886 Sir Hercules George Robert (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
Robinson (acting for Hennessy) 18 Dec 1886 - 2 Jul
1887 William Hanbury Hawley
(b. 1829 - d. 1917)
(acting for Hennessy)
2 Jul 1887 - 11 Dec 1888 Francis Fleming
(b. 1842 - d. 1922)
(acting for Hennessy)
11 Dec 1888 - 22 Dec 1888 T.E.A. Hall (acting for Hennessy)
11 Dec 1889 - 17 Dec 1889 Francis Fleming (acting)
(s.a.)
17 Dec 1889 - 20 Dec 1889 T.E.A. Hall (acting)
21 Dec 1889 - 12 Mar 1892 Sir Charles Cameron Lees
(b. 1837 - d. 1898)
12 Mar 1892 - 15 Jan 1897 Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
(b. 1842 - d. 1914)
(from 1893, Sir Hubert Edward
Henry Jerningham)
(acting to 20 Sep 1892)
17 Jan 1894 - 24 Jul 1894 Charles Anthony King-Harman
(b. 1851 - d. 1939)
(1st time)
(acting for Jerningham)
2 Mar 1896 - 19 Sep 1896 Charles Anthony King-Harman
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
(acting for Jerningham)
15 Jan 1897 - 11 May 1897 Charles Anthony King-Harman
(s.a.)
(3rd time) (acting)
11 May 1897 - 30 Oct 1903 Sir Charles Bruce
(b. 1836 - d. 1920)
12 Jul 1900 - 11 May 1901 Graham John Bower (1st time)
(b. 1848 - d. 1933)
(acting for Bruce)
30 Oct 1903 - 20 Aug 1904 Graham John Bower (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
20 Aug 1904 - 10 Apr 1911 Sir Cavendish Boyle
(b. 1849 - d. 1916)
14 Apr 1906 - 14 Sep 1906 Graham John Bower (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Boyle)
17 Oct 1908 - 23 Apr 1909 Graham John Bower (4th time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Boyle)
10 Apr 1911 - 13 Sep 1911 George Smith (acting)
(b. 1858 - d. 1938)
13 Sep 1911 - 28 Jan 1916 John Robert Chancellor
(b. 1870 - d. 1952)
(from 1913, Sir John Robert Chancellor)
10 Mar 1914 - 22 Sep 1914 John Middleton (1st time)
(b. 1870 - d. 1954)
(acting for Chancellor)
28 Jan 1916 - 18 May 1916 John Middleton (2nd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
18 May 1916 - 16 Aug 1924 Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
(b. 1864 - d. 1952)
8 Feb 1919 - 17 Nov 1919 John Middleton (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Bell)
2 Feb 1921 - 3 Apr 1921 Edward Brandis Denham
(1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1938)
(acting for Bell)
8 May 1922 - 3 Mar 1923 Edward Brandis Denham
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Bell)
16 Aug 1924 - 19 Feb 1925 Edward Allan Grannum (1st time)
(b. 1869 - d. 1956)
(acting)
19 Feb 1925 - 9 Dec 1929 Sir Herbert James Read
(b. 1863 - d. 1949)
2 Sep 1926 - 17 Oct 1926 Edward Allan Grannum (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(acting for Read)
3 Aug 1927 - 17 May 1928 Edward Allan Grannum (3rd
time) (s.a.)
(acting for Read)
9 Dec 1929 - 30 Aug 1930 Sir Edward Allan Grannum
(s.a.)
(4th time) (acting)
30 Aug 1930 - 7 Jun 1937 Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson
(b. 1883 - d. 1971)
(from 1931, Sir Wilfrid
Edward Francis Jackson)
24 Aug 1932 - 29 Apr 1933 Edward Walter Evans (1st time)
(b. 1890 - d. 1985)
(acting for Jackson)
3 Sep 1934 - 26 Oct 1934 Edward Walter Evans (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Jackson)
7 Apr 1936 - 4 Dec 1936 Edward Walter Evans (3rd
time) (s.a.)
(acting for Jackson)
7 Jun 1937 - 23 Oct 1937 Edward Walter Evans (4th time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
23 Oct 1937 - 16 Apr 1942 Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford
(b. 1890 - d. 1969)
29 Jan 1940 - 10 Sep 1940 Sydney Moody (1st time)
(b. 1889 - d. 1979)
(acting for Clifford)
16 Apr 1942 - 5 Jul 1942 Sydney Moody (2nd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
5 Jul 1942 - 5 Dec 1948 Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy
(b. 1889 - d. 1965)
23 May 1945 - 3 Jan 1946 Sydney Moody (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy)
8 May 1947 - 10 Jan 1948 Sydney Moody (4th time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy)
5 Dec 1948 - 26 Sep 1949 James Dundas Harford (1st
time) (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
(acting)
26 Sep 1949 - 11 Jan 1954 Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood
(b. 1893 - d. 1967)
26 Jun 1950 - 17 Nov 1950 James Dundas Harford (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Blood)
22 May 1952 - 14 Oct 1952 James Dundas Harford (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Blood)
11 Jan 1954 - 22 Mar 1954 Robert Newton (1st time) (acting)
(b. 1908 - d. 1983)
22 Mar 1954 - 10 Jul 1959 Sir Robert Scott
(b. 1903 - d. 1968)
8 Nov 1956 - 18 Apr 1957 Robert Newton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Scott)
10 Jul 1959 - 2 Nov 1959 Robert Newton (3rd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
2 Nov 1959 - 10 Jul 1962 Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell
(b. 1907 - d. 1995)
11 Jun 1961 - 20 Jul 1961 Thomas Douglas Vickers
(1st time) (acting for Deverell) (b. 1916 - d. 1999)
10 Jul 1962 - 17 Sep 1962 Thomas Douglas Vickers (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
17 Sep 1962 - 12 Mar 1968 Sir John Shaw Rennie
(b. 1917 - d. 1981)
24 Aug 1964 - 30 Nov 1964 Thomas Douglas Vickers
(3rd time) (acting for Rennie) (s.a.)
11 Oct 1966 - 28 Dec 1966 Thomas Douglas Vickers
(4th time) (acting for Rennie) (s.a.)
Queen¹
12 Mar 1968 - 12 Mar 1992 the Queen of the United
Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head
of state)
12 Mar 1968 - 27 Aug 1968 Sir John Shaw Rennie
(s.a.)
27 Aug 1968 - 3 Sep 1968 Sir Michel Jean Joseph Laval
(b. 1910 - d. 1970)
Rivalland (acting)
3 Sep 1968 - 27 Dec 1972 Sir Arthur Leonard Williams
(b. 1904 - d. 1972)
27 Dec 1972 - 31 Oct 1977 Abdool Raman Mahomed Osman
(b. 1902 - d. 1992)
(from Feb 1973, Sir Abdool Raman Mahomed Osman)
(acting to Feb 1973)
31 Oct 1977 - 23 Mar 1978 William Henry Garrioch (acting)
(b. 1916)
(from 31 Dec 1977, Sir William Henry Garrioch)
23 Mar 1978 - 28 Dec 1983 Dayendranath Burrenchobay
(b. 1919 - d. 1999)
(from 30 Dec 1978, Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay)
(acting to 26 Apr 1979)
28 Dec 1983 - 15 Dec 1985 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
(b. 1900 - d. 1985)
15 Dec 1985 - 17 Jan 1986 Sir Cassam Ismael Moollan (acting) (b. 1927) 17 Jan 1986 - 12 Mar 1992 Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo
(b. 1920 - d. 2000)
Presidents
12 Mar 1992 - 30 Jun 1992 Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo
(s.a.)
PTr
30 Jun 1992 - 15 Feb 2002 Cassam Uteem
(b. 1941)
MMM
15 Feb 2002 - 18 Feb 2002 Angidi Veeriah Chettiar (acting)
(b. 1928)
MMM
18 Feb 2002 - 25 Feb 2002 Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay
(b. 1945)
Non-party
(acting)
25 Feb 2002 - 1 Oct 2003 Karl Auguste Offmann
(b. 1940)
MMM
1 Oct 2003 - 7 Oct 2003 Raouf Bundhun (acting)
(b. 1937)
Non-party
7 Oct 2003 -
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(b. 1930)
MSM
Chief minister
26 Sep 1961 - 12 Mar 1968 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
(s.a.)
PI/PTr
(from 1965, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam)
Prime ministers
12 Mar 1968 - 16 Jun 1982 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
(s.a.)
PTr
16 Jun 1982 - 22 Dec 1995 Anerood Jugnauth (1st time)
(s.a.)
MMM;1983 MSM
(from 1988, Sir Anerood Jugnauth)
22 Dec 1995 - 17 Sep 2000 Navinchandra "Navin" Ramgoolam
(b. 1947)
PTr
(1st time)
17 Sep 2000 - 30 Sep 2003 Sir Anerood Jugnauth (2nd time)
(s.a.)
MSM
30 Sep 2003 - 5 Jul 2005 Paul Raymond Bérenger
(b. 1945)
MMM
5 Jul 2005 -
Navinchandra "Navin" Ramgoolam (s.a.)
PTr
(2nd time)
¹Full style 25 Apr 1968 - 12 Mar 1992: "Queen of Mauritius
and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."
Territorial Disputes: Mauritius claims the Chagos Archipelago
(UK-administered
British Indian
Ocean Territory) and its
former inhabitants, who reside chiefly in Mauritius, but were
granted UK citizenship but no right to patriation in the UK; claims
French-administered
Tromelin Island.
Party abbreviations: MMM = Mouvement Militant Mauricien
(Mauritian Militant Movement, socialist);
MSM
= Mouvement Socialiste
Militant (Militant Socialist Movement, socialist);
PMSD = Parti Mauricien Social-Démocrate (Mauritian
Social Democratic Party, conservative);
PTr = Parti Travailiste (Mauritius Labour Party, social-democratic);
- Former parties: PI = Partie de l'Indépendance/Party
of Independence (pro-independence)
Rodrigues
Adopted 5 Nov 2004
1528
Sighted by Portuguese Capt. Diego Rodrigues,
named Ilha Rodriguez.
1625
Claimed by France (Ile Rodrigues), no settlement.
1661
Visited by Dutch Admiral Hamansen.
1691 - 1693
Failed settlement by French Huguenots.
1735
Permanent French settlement begins (subordindated to Île Bourbon
[Réunion]).
1761
British ship Plassey bombards the port and
forces the inhabitants into neutrality (until 1763).
4 Aug 1809 - 30 May 1814 British occupation.
30 May 1814
Made a dependency of Mauritius colony.
12 Mar 1968
Part of independent Mauritius.
12 Oct 2002
Autonomy granted.
Governors
1691 - 1693
François Leguat
(b. 1637/39-d. 1735)
Administrator
1794 - 1809
Philibert Marragon
(b. 1750 - d. 1826)
Commander
4 Aug 1809 - 1814
Henry Sheehy Keating
(b. 1775 - d. 1847)
Police Magistrates
1820 - 1823
Thomas Robert Pye
18.. - 18..
Henry Reid Bell
Dec 1842 - 18..
Blaise Bacy
18.. - 18..
George Jenner
(b. 1864 - d. 1871)
Magistrates (1882 - 1950, Magistrate and Civil Commissioner)
18.. - 19..
M. Rouillard
1916 - 1919 William
Butler Lloyd (b. 1880 -
d. 19..)
1919 - 1922
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1922 - 1925
Frederic-Pierre Geneve
(b. 1888 - d. 19..)
1925 - 1929?
Jules Barthelemy Colin
(b. 1885 - d. 19..)
1929 - 1934?
R. Brouard (b. 1901)
1934 - 193.
J.R. Espitalier-Noel (b.
1901)
1937 - 19..
Aimé-Joseph Le Roy
19.. - 1976
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Resident Commissioners
1976 - 2002
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Chief Commissioners
12 Oct 2002 - 4 Feb 2003 Jean Daniel Spéville
(b. 1971)
OPR
4 Feb 2003 - 4 Aug 2006 Louis Serge Clair
(b. 1940)
OPR
4 Aug 2006 -
Johnson Roussety
MR
Chief Executives
24 Oct 2002 - 23 Oct 2004 Claude Wong So
Non-party
24 Oct 2004 -
Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis
Non-party
Party abbreviations: OPR = Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais
(Organization of the People of Rodrigues); MR = Mouvement Rodriguais
(Rodrigues Movement); MSR = Mouvement Socialiste Rodriguais (Rodrigues
Socialist Movement)
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