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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 - Sep 1648
Jacob van der Meersch
1648 - 1653
Reinier Por
1653 - 1654
Joost van der Woutbeek
1654 - 1656
Maximiliaan de Jongh
1656 - 16 Jul 1658
Abraham Evertszoon
16 Jul 1658 - 1664
Vacant
1664 - May 1665
Jacobus van Nieuwlant
(d. 1665)
1665 - 1667
Georg Frederick Wreede
(d. 1672)
(1st time)
1667 - 1668
Jan van Jaar
1668 - 1669
Dirk Janszoon Smient
1669 - 1672
Georg Frederick Wreede
(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 (b. 1646 - d. 1718)
22 Oct 1692 - 25 Nov 1703 Roelof Diodati
(b. 1658 - d. 1723)
25 Nov 1703 - 17 Feb 1710 Adriaan 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) (b. 1698 - d. 1777)
(acting for La Bourdonnais)
1741 - 18 Dec 1742
Didier de Saint-Martin (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for La Bourdonnais)
23 Mar 1746 - 6 Oct 1746 Didier de Saint-Martin (acting) (s.a.)
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
26 Sep 1803 - 3 Dec 1810 Louis Léger -Prefect
Governors
4 Dec 1810 - 20 May 1823 Robert Townsend Farquhar
(b. 1776 - d. 1830)
(from 28 Jul 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 Blanchard (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 E. Selby Smith (acting)
21 Feb 1871 - 18 Aug 1874 Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
(b. 1829 - d. 1912)
19 Aug 1871 - 29 Sep 1871 E. Selby Smith
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
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 2 Jam 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 3 Jun 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 3 Jun 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 6 Feb 1973, Sir Abdool Raman Mahomed Osman)
(acting to Feb 1973)
31 Oct 1977 - 23 Mar 1978 William Henry Garrioch (acting)
(b. 1916 - d. 2008)
(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 12 Jun 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 11 Jun 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)
Intendants
14 Jul 1767 - 1772 Pierre Poivre
(b. 1710 - d. 1786)
1772 - 1776 Jacques Maillart-Dumeslé
1776 - 1781 Denis-Nicolas Foucault
1781 - Oct 1785 Chevreau
Oct 1785 - 17 Aug 1789 Augustin-Francois Motais de (b. 1747 - d. 1827)
Narbonne
1789 - 1798 Du Puy
1798 - 1803 Jean-Baptiste Thibault de Chanvalon
1815 - 1818? Philippe-Panon, baron de Richemont (b. 1774 - d. 1840)
Desbassayns
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; 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
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1528
Sighted by Portuguese Capt. Diego Rodrigues,
named Ilha Rodriguez.
1625
Claimed by France (Ile Rodrigues), no settlement.
1661
Visited by Dutch Admiral Hamansen.
Dec 1691 - 21 May 1693 Settlement by French Huguenots.
1735
Permanent French settlement begins (subordindated to Île Bourbon
[Réunion]).
1761
British ship Plassey bombards the port and forces
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.
Governor
Dec 1691 - 21 May 1693 François
Leguat
(b. 1637/39 - d. 1735)
Commandants
Jul 1735 - 1740? Oscol
1745 - 1746 L. Durup de Bussy
Jun 1751 - Mar 1758 V.F.M. De Puvigné (1st time)
Mar 1758 - Dec 1759 Caradec
Dec 1759 - 4 Jan 1762 V.F.M. De Puvigné (2nd time)
4 Jan 1762 - Apr 1769 Y.M. Julienne
Jul 17823 - 11 Jul 1784 Granville de Forval (1st time)
Aug 1785 - Jul 1786 Granville de Forval (2nd time)
Jul 1786 - Apr 1791 J.A.S. De Valgny
(d. 1791)
12 May 1794 - 8 Aug 1809
Philibert Marragon (1st time)
(b. 1750 - d. 1826)
British Commander
4 Aug 1809 - 1814
Henry Sheehy Keating
(b. 1775 - d. 1847)
Commandants
Apr 1812 - 4 Nov 1820
Philibert Marragon (2nd time)
(s.a.)
4 Nov 1820 - 31 May 1823 Thomas Robert Pye
1 Jun 1823 - Oct 1825 Philibert Marragon (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Oct 1825 - Oct 1843 Vacant
Police magistrates
Oct 1843 - Nov 1843 Sir John Marshall (acting) (b. 1785 - d. 1850)
Dec 1843 - 28 Apr 1846 Blaise Bacy
28 Apr 1846 - 16 Sep 1847 A. De Courcy Potterton
16 Sep 1847 - 20 Apr 1850 J. Henderson
20 Apr 1850 - Dec 1856 C.W.P. Montgomery
Dec 1856 - 14 May 1862 E.S. Messiter
14 May 1862 - 13 Nov 1871 George Jenner
13 Nov 1871 - 1 May 1872 J.S. Stuart
1 May 1872 - 12 May 1875 Henry Reid Bell
12 May 1875 - 12 Jul 1875 W.J. Caldwell
12 Jul 1875 - 25 Apr 1877 H.E. Desmarais (1st time)
25 Apr 1877 - 11 Sep 1877 Victor Singery
11 Sep 1877 - 1 Nov 1879 H.E. Desmarais (2nd time)
1 Nov 1879 - Jun 1882 J.C. O'Halloran
Civil Commissioners and Police magistrates
Jun 1882 - 17 Sep 1882 J.C. O'Halloran (1st time)
17 Sep 1882 - 21 Nov 1882 I. Dupont
21 Nov 1882 - 29 Nov 1884 J.C. O'Halloran (2nd time)
29 Nov 1884 - 21 Apr 1887 A. Boucherat
21 Apr 1887 - 13 Sep 1890 J.C. O'Halloran (3rd time)
13 Sep 1890 - Nov 1890 E. De La Peyre
Magistrates
Nov 1890 - 12 Dec 1890 E. De La Peyre
12 Dec 1890 - 10 Apr 1893 B.H. Colin (1st time)
10 Apr 1893 - 9 Apr 1894 Y. Jollivet
9 Apr 1894 - 13 Dec 1895 B.H. Colin (2nd time)
13 Dec 1895 - 21 Nov 1896 F. Robert (1st time)
21 Nov 1896 - 28 Jul 1897 B.H. Colin (3rd time)
28 Jul 1897 - 22 Aug 1898 F. Robert (2nd time)
22 Aug 1898 - 28 Apr 1900 B.H. Colin (4th time)
28 Apr 1900 - Dec 1900 F. Robert (3rd time)
Magistrates and Civil Commissioners
Dec 1900 - 17 Jun 1901 F. Robert (3rd time)
17 Jun 1901 - 18 Apr 1902 R.E. McMillan
18 Apr 1902 - 28 Jun 1902 L. Leclézio (1st time)
28 Jun 1902 - 14 Aug 1902 F. Herchenroder
14 Aug 1902 - 2 Apr 1904 E. Rouillard (1st time)
2 Apr 1904 - 17 Jun 1904 F. Robert (4th time)
17 Jun 1904 - 23 Jun 1906 E. Rouillard (2nd time)
23 Jun 1906 - 24 Sep 1906 J.D. Bolton
24 Sep 1906 - 27 Dec 1907 E. Rouillard (3rd time)
27 Dec 1907 - 20 Oct 1908 F. Robert (5th time)
20 Oct 1908 - 17 Dec 1909 E. Rouillard (4th time)
17 Dec 1909 - 15 Jun 1910 S. Fouquereaux (1st time)
15 Jun 1910 - 22 Dec 1912 E. Rouillard (5th time)
22 Dec 1912 - 31 Mar 1913 Frederic-Pierre Genève (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 19..)
31 Mar 1913 - 1 Jul 1913 E. Rouillard (6th time)
1 Jul 1913 - 5 Nov 1913 L. Leclézio (2nd time)
5 Nov 1913 - Apr 1914 G. Rousset
Apr 1914 - Jul 1914 M. Vigier de Latour
Jul 1914 - 18 Dec 1914 Frederic-Pierre Genève (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Dec 1914 - 10 Jun 1916 S. Fouquereaux (2nd time)
10 Jun 1916 - 7 Nov 1916 Frederic-Pierre Genève (3rd time) (s.a.)
7 Nov 1916 - 28 Oct 1918 William
Butler Lloyd (b. 1880 -
d. 1944)
28 Oct 1918 - Dec 1918 Mangénie
Dec 1918 - 28 Apr 1919 L. Leclézio (3rd time)
28 Apr 1919 - 21 Dec 1920 L. Ulcoq
21 Dec 1920 - 16 Dec 1922 E. Duvivier
16 Dec 1922 - 29 Aug 1925 W.J. Hanning (1st time)
29 Aug 1925 - Jun 1926 Barthelemy Jules Colin (1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 19..)
Jun 1926 - 22 Aug 1926 A. Legras (1st time)
22 Aug 1926 - 19 Dec 1926 Barthelemy Jules Colin (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Dec 1926 - 9 Jul 1927 S.B. De Burgh-Edwards
9 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927 J.R. Espitalier-Noël (1st time) (b. 1901)
21 Dec 1927 - 22 Dec 1928 Barthelemy Jules Colin (3rd time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1928 - 10 Oct 1929 J.R. Espitalier-Noël (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Oct 1929 - 21 Dec 1929 W.J. Hanning (2nd time)
21 Dec 1929 - 5 Apr 1930 Barthelemy Jules Colin (4th time) (s.a.)
5 Apr 1930 - 20 Dec 1934 R. Brouard
(b. 1901)
20 Dec 1934 - 27 Dec 1937 Marie Joseph Pierre Rousset (b. 1898 - d. 19..)
27 Dec 1937 - 2 Oct 1938
Aimé Joseph Le Roy (1st time) (b. 1905)
2 Oct 1938 - 10 Nov 1938 A. Legras (2nd time)
10 Nov 1938 - 5 May 1940
Aimé Joseph Le Roy (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 May 1940 - 21 Sep 1943 J.J.M. Lavoipierre (b. 1909)
21 Sep 1943 - 26 Dec 1944 H.R. Vaghjee
(b. 1912)
26 Dec 1944 - 17 Dec 1945 M.J.G. Lalouette (b. 1912)
17 Dec 1945 - 25 Aug 1948 M.H.M. Rousset (b. 1907)
25 Aug 1948 - 9 Nov 1949 J.L. Bradshaw (1st time) (b. 1905)
9 Nov 1949 - 4 Mar 1950 J.R.V.M. d'Unienville (b. 1915)
4 Mar 1950 - 15 Sep 1951 J.L. Bradshaw (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1951 - 19 Feb 1954 L.P. Toureau (1st time) (b. 1913)
19 Feb 1954 - Jan 1956 J.E.C. Rochecouste (1st time) (b. 1917)
Jan 1956 - Mar 1956 L.J.F. Vallet (1st time) (b. 1921)
Mar 1956 - 27 Jul 1957 J.E.C. Rochecouste (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Jul 1957 - 30 Aug 1957 L.J.F. Vallet (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Aug 1957 - 31 Mar 1960 J.E.C. Rochecouste (3rd time) (s.a.)
31 Mar 1960 - 25 Jul 1961 L.P. Toureau (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Jul 1961 - 19 Jul 1962 L.P. Lefébure (1st time) (b. 1922)
19 Jul 1962 - Nov 1962 P.Y. Espitalier-Noël (1st time)
Nov 1962 - 14 Sep 1963 L.P. Lefébure (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Sep 1963 - 2 Nov 1963 L.J.F. Vallet (3rd time) (s.a.)
2 Nov 1963 - 21 Dec 1963 P.Y. Espitalier-Noël (2nd time)
21 Dec 1963 - Dec 1965 L.J.F. Vallet (4th time) (s.a.)
Dec 1965 - 27 Jun 1968 P.Y. Espitalier-Noël (3rd time)
27 Jun 1968 - 8 Dec 1970 J.S. Forget (1st time)
8 Dec 1970 - 7 Jan 1971 Y. Pitchen (1st time)
7 Jan 1971 - 24 Mar 1971 J.S. Forget (2nd time)
Mar 1971 - Mar 1972 Y. Pitchen (2nd time)
Mar 1972 - Jun 1972 J.S. Forget (3rd time)
Jun 1972 - Dec 1972 L.T. Ramjoorawon
Dec 1972 - Jul 1973 P.Y. Espitalier-Noël (4th time)
Jul 1973 - Jul 1974 J.S. Forget (4th time)
Resident Commissioners
Jul 1974 - Mar 1977 Nigel Heseltine
Mar 1977 - Sep 1977 P.Y. Espitalier-Noël (interim)
Sep 1977 - Aug 1980 Guy Magnien
Aug 1980 - Sep 1982 Sydney Moutia
(b. 1932)
Sep 1982 - Mar 1983 R. Chavrimootoo (interim)
Administrative Secretaries
Mar 1983 - Aug 1985 Maxime Labour (1st time)
Aug 1985 - Feb 1986 Raouf Allybocus (interim)
Feb 1986 - Jun 1987 Maxime Labour (2nd time)
Island Secretaries
Jun 1987 - May 1988 Maxime Labour
May 1988 - Dec 1990 Claude Wong So
Feb 1991 - Feb 1993 Jacques Cunden
Mar 1993 - Feb 1994 Rajendradev Gajeelee
Feb 1994 - Jun 1996 Jugoo Bassoodeosing (interim)
Jul 1996 - Jun 1998 Jean-Maxy Simonet
Jul 1998 - Sep 2002 Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis
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
(b. 1975?)
MR
President of the Island Council
1992 - 1996 Antoinette
Prudence (f) (b. 1952 - d. 2007)
1996 - 2002 Post abolished
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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