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Ned Charles, Mauritian-born former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as an attacker. First Mauritian to play professionally in Europe. Richarno Colin, boxer best known for winning the Light Welterweight gold medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games.
This is a list of heads of state of Mauritius since the independence of Mauritius in 1968.. From 1968 to 1992 the head of state under the Mauritius Independence Act 1968 was the queen of Mauritius, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
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Karl Auguste Offmann, GCSK (25 November 1940 – 12 March 2022) was a Mauritian politician who briefly served as the president of Mauritius from 2002 to 2003. [1]After two of his successive predecessors had resigned over their refusal to sign a controversial anti-terrorism bill, the parliament elected Offmann to serve as the third president on 25 February 2002. [1]
However, due to various blunders of the lawyers involved, and especially a lack of political support for the MR, Kaya was not released on the expected date of February 20. Since this then led on to a weekend, his release date was postponed until the Monday. Kaya was then found dead in his cell on the morning of Sunday, February 21, 1999.
Joseph Charles Jacques Desiré Baissac (1940 [1] – 4 February 2023), [2] known professionally as Vaco, was a Mauritian artist, best known for his depictions of island life through painting, stained glass, sculpture, jewellery design and ceramics.
Jean-Georges Prosper (1933– ), francophone poet and author of the Mauritian national anthem [57] Rivaltz Quenette (1928-2015), Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian [ 58 ] Camille de Rauville (1910– ), Francophone writer [ 59 ]
Five people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritius since the office was established in 1968, when independence from the United Kingdom was proclaimed. Additionally, one person has served as Chief Minister of Mauritius, the preceding office which existed from 1961 to 1968, while Mauritius still was a British crown colony.