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Republic of Mauritius (Female Suffrage 1947) A Dutch
Colony 1638-1710, French Colony 1715-1810, British Colony 1810-1968,
independence 1968 and a republic 1992
Also see Mauritius Parties
1968-92 Elizabeth the second,
Queen of Mauritius and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the
Commonwealth (12.03-12.03)
Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1952
1975-76 Minister of Women's Affairs, Prizes and Consumer's Affairs Radhamanay Roonoosarny
1976-80 Minister of Information and Broadcasting Chandrika Mourba
1982-83 Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of Women's Rights and
Family Affairs Shirin
Aumeeruddy-Cziffra
Also known as Ameeruddy-Cziffra, she was the frist
female Muslim MP for 15 years, Mayor of Beau
Bassin-Rose Hill 1987, Ambassador to France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, UNESCO and the Francophonie
1992-95 and President of both the Conseil Permanent de la
Francophonie and the board of the Agence pour la Francophonie 1994-95 and Ombudsperson
for Children from 2003.
1983-95 Minister of Women's Affairs and Family Shielabai Bappoo
1987-89 Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations (Third in cabinet)
1991-95 Minister of Welfare and Child Development (Fourth in cabinet)
2005-10 Minister of Social Security,
National Solidarity,
Senior Citizens Welfare and Reform Institutions
2010- Minister of Equality,
Gender Affairs, Child Development and Family
Normally known as Sheila, she was
President of Partie Mouvement Militant Mauricien
in 1973,
From 1996 Secretary
General of Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien, of which she had been a member since
1983.
1983-88 Minister of
Rodrigues and the Outer Islands France Félicité
From 1983-before 2000 Co-leader of Organisation du Peuple Rodriquians.
1988-90 Minister of Civil
Service and Employment France Maria Roussetry
From 1996 Ambassador to France and Spain.
1995-2000 Minister for Women, Family Welfare and Child Development
Indira Sauitree Tachoor Sidaya
1995-98 Minister of Social
Security and National Solidarity Marie-Thérèse Joceline Minerve
1995-2000 Junior Minister
of Urban- and Rural Development Monique Agnès Ohsan-Bellepeau
2010- Vice-President
2012- Acting President
Président of the parti travailliste until 2010.
1995-97 Minister-Delegate
of Foreign Affairs, Regional and International Cooperation
2000-05 Minister for Women, Family Welfare and Child Development Marie Arianne
Navarre-Marie
MP 1982-83 and again since 1997, She was Vice-Secretary General of Mouvement Militant
Mauricien, MMM. In February 2005
she was Acting Foreign Minister. (b. 1961-)
1995-96 Minister-Delegate
of Regional Administration Anne-Marie Danielle
Perrier
1995-97 Minister-Delegate of Environment and Quality of Life
2004-05 Parliamentary Private
Secretary
President of the District Council of R. Noire 1993-94.
1998-2000 Minister of Youth
and Sports Marie Claude Arouff-Parfait
2000 Deputy Government Whip
Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun
2000-04 Parliamentary
Private Secretary
2010- Minister of Social Security, National Solidarity and
Institutional Reform
2004-05 Parliamentary Private Secretary Marie Noelle Françoise Labelle
2005-10 Minister of Women's Rights, Child
Development, Family Welfare and Consumer's Protection Indranee Seebun
Mayor of Vacoas/Phoenix en 1997/9, later President of the Council of
the District du Nord and MP since 2000.
2008-Parliamentary
Private Secretary Kalyanee Bedwantee Juggoo
Deputy Chief Government
Whip 2005-08.
2010-11 Minister of Health and the Quality of Life Maya Hanoomanjee
2010- Junior Minister to the Ministry of Environment Prateebah Koomaree Bholah
2010- Parliamentary Private Secretary Maria Francesca Mireille Martin
Last update
31.03.12