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Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [bibi amina fiːədos ɡəʁib fakim]) GCSK [1] [2] (born 17 October 1959) [3] is a Mauritian politician and biodiversity scientist who served as the sixth president of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018. In December 2014, she was selected to be the presidential candidate of the ...
Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim rejected calls for her to resign over accusations of financial misconduct and will provide evidence to debunk these, her office said in a statement on ...
Kailash Purryag was elected as the fifth president of Mauritius by members of the National Assembly on Friday 20 July. [11] Monique Ohsan Bellepeau again acted as president from 1 June 2015 to 5 June 2015 [12] prior to the inauguration of Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. [13] She is the first woman to ever hold the title of president of Mauritius. [13]
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]
President of Mauritius: Head of state Mauritius: 21 July 2012 29 May 2015 2 years, 312 days Camp Fouquereaux, British Mauritius: Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent [38] [39] 22 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (born 1959) President of Mauritius: Head of state Mauritius: 5 June 2015 23 March 2018 2 years, 291 days Surinam, British Mauritius
In 2018, Mauritian president Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigned over a financial scandal. [105] The incumbent president is Prithvirajsing Roopun [ 106 ] who has served since December 2019. In the November 2019 Mauritius general elections , the ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won more than half of the seats in parliament, securing incumbent ...
In September 2015, during a short visit to Nairobi, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim President of Mauritius met and held talks with the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. [ 1 ] Economic relations
In March 2018, the president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, resigned from office following a scandal revealed by the local press, embarrassing the ruling government which had supported her nomination to the ceremonial office. Receipts from the president's overseas private expenditures—luxury goods such as jewellery and clothing—using a ...