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Mauritius is a parliamentary republic.The prime minister is the head of government, while the president is the head of state and commander-in-chief.The president is required to uphold and defend the Constitution of Mauritius and ensure that the institutions of democracy and rule of law are protected, the fundamental rights of all are respected and the unity of the diverse Mauritian nation is ...
Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state, Queen of Mauritius; the last governor-general, Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, was appointed the first president of Mauritius. The president is elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy the vice-president of Mauritius serves as acting head of state. [1] [2]
Roopun, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, 7 April 2024. Although he was not a candidate at the 2019 general election, soon after he was nominated as the seventh president of Mauritius by the National Assembly on 2 December 2019 and was sworn in on the same day.
After the 2014 elections, he was a candidate for vice president, although he was not chosen for the position. [2] In the 2024 elections, Gokhool was a candidate for President of Mauritius and was unanimously elected by members of the National Assembly. [4] In the same elections, Robert Hungley was elected as his vice president.
List of heads of state of Mauritius From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
The 2023 Ibrahim Index of African Governance ranked Mauritius second in good governance. According to the 2023 Democracy Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that measures the state of democracy in 167 countries, Mauritius ranks 20th worldwide followed by Uruguay and United States and is the only African country with "Full Democracy".
This category is for presidents of Mauritius, an island country off Southeast Africa Wikimedia Commons has media related to Presidents of Mauritius . Subcategories
Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK (born 12 December 1947, also known as Kailash Purryag) is a former Mauritian politician who served as the fifth president of Mauritius from 2012 to May 2015. [1] [2] He was elected president of Mauritius by the National Assembly and took office on 21 July 2012.