| President of the Republic of Mauritius Président de la République de Maurice | |
|---|---|
 Presidential coat of arms | |
 Presidential Standard of Mauritius | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | State House(Official) |
| Nominator | Elected by members of theNational Assembly on a motion made by thePrime Minister |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable indefinitely |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo |
| Formation | 12 March 1992; 33 years ago (1992-03-12) |
| Deputy | Vice President of Mauritius |
| Salary | Rs 3.74 Million[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Thepresident of Mauritius (French:Président de la République de Maurice) is thehead of state of theRepublic of Mauritius.[2]
| # | Portrait | Name | Elected | Tenure | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| Dutch Expedition to Mauritius | |||||||
| 1. | Wybrant Warwijck[1] | 20 September 1598 | 1598 | ||||
| Island abandoned 1598 to 6 May 1638 | |||||||
| Dutch Mauritius under theDutch East India Company | |||||||
| 2. | Cornelis Simonszoon Gooyer | 6 May 1638 | 7 November 1639 | ||||
| 3. | Adriaan van der Stel | 7 November 1639 | 1645 | ||||
| 4. | Jacob van der Meersch | 1645 | September 1648 | ||||
| 5. | Reinier Por | 1648 | 1653 | ||||
| 6. | Joost van der Woutbeekr | 1653 | 1654 | ||||
| 7. | Maximiliaan de Jongh | 1654 | 1656 | ||||
| 8. | Abraham Evertszoon | 1656 | 16 July 1658 | ||||
| Abandoned 16 July 1658 to 1664 | |||||||
| 9. | Jacobus van Nieuwlant | 1664 | May 1665 | ||||
| 10. | Georg Frederick Wreede | 1665 | 1667 | ||||
| 11. | Jan van Jaar | 1667 | 1668 | ||||
| 12. | Dirk Janszoon Smient | 1668 | 1669 | ||||
| 13. | Georg Frederick Wreede | 1669 | 1672 | ||||
| 14. | Swen Felleson | 1672 | |||||
| 15. | Philip Col | 1672 | 13 February 1673 | ||||
| 16. | Hubert Hugo | 13 February 1673 | 4 October 1677 | ||||
| 17. | Isaac Johannes Lamotius | 4 October 1677 | 22 October 1692 | ||||
| 18. | Roelof Deodati | 22 October 1692 | 25 November 1703 | ||||
| 19. | Abraham Momber van de Velde | 25 November 1703 | 17 February 1710 | ||||
| Abandoned 17 February 1710 to 6 September 1718 | |||||||
| Governors of theCompagnie des Indes | |||||||
| 20 | Julien Duronguët le Toullec Acting | 24 December 1721 | 7 April 1722 | ||||
| 21 | Denis, chevalier de Nyon | 7 April 1722 | 16 December 1725 | ||||
| 22 | Duval de Hauville Acting for Nyon | 7 April 1722 | 16 December 1725 | ||||
| 23 | Jacques Gast d'Hauterive Acting for Nyon | 13 July 1722 | 3 December 1722 | ||||
| 24 | Denis de Brousse Acting | 16 December 1725 | 13 March 1729 | ||||
| 25 | Pierre Benoît Dumas | 13 March 1729 | 20 August 1729 | ||||
| 26 | Nicolas de Maupin | 20 August 1729 | 4 June 1735 | ||||
| Governor-general of theCompagnie des Indes | |||||||
| 27 | Mahé de La Bourdonnais | 4 June 1735 | 20 March 1740 | ||||
| 28 | Didier de Saint-Martin | 20 March 1740 | 14 August 1741 | ||||
| 14 August 1741 | 18 December 1742 | ||||||
| Mahé de La Bourdonnais | 18 December 1742 | 23 March 1746 | |||||
| Didier de Saint-Martin | 23 March 1746 | 6 October 1746 | |||||
| 29 | Pierre Félix Barthélemy David | 6 October 1746 | 10 February 1753 | ||||
| 30 |  | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier | 10 February 1753 | 3 December 1755 | |||
| 31 | René Magon de la Villebague | 3 December 1755 | 4 November 1759 | ||||
| 32 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher | 4 November 1759 | 14 July 1767 | ||||
| Governor-general of theMascarene Islands | |||||||
| 33 | .jpg) | Jean-Daniel Dumas | 14 July 1767 | 27 November 1768 | |||
| 34 | Jean Guillaume Steinauer | 27 November 1768 | 6 June 1769 | ||||
| 35 | François Julien du Dresnay | 6 June 1769 | 23 August 1772 | ||||
| 36 |  | Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay | 23 August 1772 | 2 December 1776 | |||
| 37 | Antoine de Guiran, chevalier de La Brillanne | 2 December 1776 | 28 April 1779 | ||||
| 38 | Joseph Murinais, comte de Saint-Maurice | 28 April 1779 | 30 April 1779 | ||||
| 39 | François, vicomte de Souillac | 1 May 1779 | 30 January 1780 | ||||
| 30 January 1780 | 5 April 1785 | ||||||
| 40 | Camille Charles Leclerc, Chevalier de Fresne | 5 April 1785 | 28 June 1785 | ||||
| 41 | François de Fleury | 28 June 1785 | 7 November 1785 | ||||
| François, vicomte de Souillac | 7 November 1785 | 7 November 1787 | |||||
| 42 |  | Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux | 5 November 1787 | 14 November 1789 | |||
| 43 |  | Thomas Conway | 14 November 1789 | 29 July 1790 | |||
| 44 | Dominique Prosper de Chermont | 29 July 1790 | 19 August 1790 | ||||
| 45 | David Charpentier de Cossigny Acting | 19 August 1790 | 18 June 1792 | ||||
| 46 |  | Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic | 18 June 1792 | 28 July 1800 | |||
| 47 | François Louis Magallon de la Morlière | 28 July 1800 | 3 February 1803 | ||||
| 48 |  | Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen | 26 September 1803 | 3 December 1810 | |||
| Prefect | |||||||
| 49 | Louis Léger | 26 September 1803 | 3 December 1810 | ||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| Mauritius | |||||||
| 50 | Sir Robert Farquhar | 4 December 1810 | 18 April 1811 | ||||
| 51 | Henry Warde | 18 April 1811 | 15 July 1811 | ||||
| Sir Robert Farquhar | 15 July 1811 | 10 November 1817 | |||||
| 52 | Gage John Hall | 10 November 1817 | 10 December 1818 | ||||
| Sir Robert Farquhar | 10 December 1818 | 10 December 1818 | |||||
| 53 | Sir John Dalrymple | 10 December 1818 | 6 February 1819 | ||||
| Sir Robert Farquhar | 6 February 1819 | 6 February 1819 | |||||
| 54 |  | Sir Ralph Darling | 6 February 1819 | 6 July 1820 | |||
| Sir Robert Farquhar | 6 July 1820 | 20 May 1823 | |||||
| Sir Ralph Darling | 20 May 1823 | 12 June 1823 | ||||
| 55 |  | Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole | 12 June 1823 | 17 June 1828 | |||
| 56 |  | Sir Charles Colville | 17 June 1828 | 3 February 1833 | |||
| 57 | Sir William Nicolay | 4 February 1833 | 20 February 1840 | ||||
| 58 | James Power | 20 February 1840 | 16 July 1840 | ||||
| 59 | Sir Lionel Smith | 16 July 1840 | 2 January 1842 | ||||
| 60 |  | William Staveley | 3 January 1842 | 21 November 1842 | |||
| 61 |  | Sir William Maynard Gomm | 21 November 1842 | 5 May 1849 | |||
| 62 | Thomas Blanchard | 5 May 1849 | 8 June 1849 | ||||
| 63 | Sir George William Anderson | 8 June 1849 | 19 October 1850 | ||||
| 64 | William Sutherland | 19 October 1850 | 8 January 1851 | ||||
| 65 | Sir James Macaulay Higginson | 8 January 1851 | 14 April 1854 | ||||
| 66 | William Sutherland | 14 April 1854 | 18 January 1855 | ||||
| 67 | Charles Murray Hay | 18 January 1855 | 12 June 1855 | ||||
| Sir James Macaulay Higginson | 12 June 1855 | 20 September 1857 | |||||
| 68 |  | Sir William Stevenson | 20 September 1857 | 9 January 1863 | |||
| 69 | Montague Cholmeley Johnstone | 10 January 1863 | 21 August 1863 | ||||
| 70 |  | Sir Henry Barkly | 21 August 1863 | 3 June 1870 | |||
| 71 |  | Edward Selby Smyth | 4 June 1870 | 21 February 1871 | |||
| 72 |  | Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 21 February 1871 | 21 October 1871 | |||
| 73 | Edward Norton | 21 October 1871 | 28 October 1872 | ||||
| Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 28 October 1872 | 20 January 1873 | |||||
| Edward Norton | 20 January 1873 | 20 October 1873 | |||||
| Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 20 October 1873 | 18 August 1874 | |||||
| Edward Norton | 18 August 1874 | 21 September 1874 | |||||
| 74 |  | Sir Arthur Purves Phayre | 21 September 1874 | 31 December 1878 | |||
| 75 |  | Sir Frederick Napier Broome | 31 December 1878 | 4 April 1879 | |||
| 76 |  | Sir George Ferguson Bowen | 4 April 1879 | 9 December 1880 | |||
| 76 | | Sir Frederick Napier Broome | 9 December 1880 | 5 May 1883 | |||
| 77 | _1_March_1901.jpg) | Sir Charles Bruce | 5 May 1883 | 1 June 1883 | |||
| 78 | .jpg) | Sir John Pope Hennessy Suspended from 14 December 1886 until 12 July 1887 | 1 June 1883 | 24 September 1884 | |||
| 79 | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts | 24 September 1884 | 15 October 1884 | ||||
| Sir John Pope Hennessy | 15 October 1884 | 29 September 1886 | |||||
| Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts | 29 September 1886 | 12 December 1886 | |||||
| Sir John Pope Hennessy | 12 December 1886 | 15 December 1886 | |||||
| 80 |  | Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson | 15 December 1886 | 18 December 1886 | |||
| 81 | William Hanbury Hawley | 18 December 1886 | 2 July 1887 | ||||
| 82 | Sir Francis Fleming | 2 July 1887 | 11 December 1888 | ||||
| 83 | Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall | 11 December 1888 | 22 December 1888 | ||||
| Sir John Pope Hennessy | 22 December 1888 | 11 December 1889 | |||||
| Sir Francis Fleming | 11 December 1889 | 17 December 1889 | |||||
| Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall | 17 December 1889 | 20 December 1889 | |||||
| 84 |  | Sir Charles Cameron Lees | 21 December 1889 | 12 March 1892 | |||
| 85 |  | Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham | 12 March 1892 | 20 September 1892 | |||
| 20 September 1892 | 15 January 1897 | ||||||
| 86 |  | Charles Anthony King-Harman | 17 January 1894 | 24 July 1894 | |||
| Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham | 24 July 1894 | 2 March 1896 | |||||
| Charles Anthony King-Harman | 2 March 1896 | 19 September 1896 | ||||
| Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham | 19 September 1896 | 15 January 1897 | |||||
| Charles Anthony King-Harman | 15 January 1897 | 11 May 1897 | ||||
| 87 | | Sir Charles Bruce | 11 May 1897 | 12 July 1900 | |||
| 88 | Sir Graham John Bower | 12 July 1900 | 11 May 1901 | ||||
| Sir Charles Bruce | 11 May 1901 | 30 October 1903 | |||||
| Sir Graham John Bower | 30 October 1903 | 20 August 1904 | |||||
| 89 |  | Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | 20 August 1904 | 10 April 1911 | |||
| Sir Graham John Bower | 14 April 1906 | 14 September 1906 | |||||
| Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | 14 September 1906 | 17 October 1908 | |||||
| Sir Graham John Bower | 17 October 1908 | 23 April 1909 | |||||
| Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | 23 April 1909 | 10 April 1911 | |||||
| 90 | George Smith | 10 April 1911 | 13 September 1911 | ||||
| 91 |  | Sir John Robert Chancellor | 13 September 1911 | 10 March 1914 | |||
| 92 | Sir John Middleton | 10 March 1914 | 22 September 1914 | ||||
| Sir John Robert Chancellor | 22 September 1914 | 28 January 1916 | |||||
| Sir John Middleton | 28 January 1916 | 18 May 1916 | |||||
| 93 | Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 18 May 1916 | 8 February 1919 | ||||
| Sir John Middleton | 8 February 1919 | 17 November 1919 | |||||
| Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 17 November 1919 | 2 February 1921 | |||||
| 94 | Sir Edward Brandis Denham | 2 February 1921 | 3 April 1921 | ||||
| Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 3 April 1921 | 8 May 1922 | |||||
| Sir Edward Brandis Denham | 8 May 1922 | 3 March 1923 | |||||
| Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 3 March 1923 | 16 August 1924 | |||||
| 95 | Sir Edward Allan Grannum | 16 August 1924 | 19 February 1925 | ||||
| 96 | Sir Herbert James Read | 19 February 1925 | 2 September 1926 | ||||
| Sir Edward Allan Grannum | 2 September 1926 | 17 October 1926 | |||||
| Sir Herbert James Read | 17 October 1926 | 3 August 1927 | |||||
| Sir Edward Allan Grannum | 3 August 1927 | 17 May 1928 | |||||
| Sir Herbert James Read | 17 May 1928 | 9 December 1929 | |||||
| Sir Edward Allan Grannum | 9 December 1929 | 30 August 1930 | |||||
| 97 | Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 30 August 1930 | 24 August 1932 | ||||
| Edward Walter Evans | 24 August 1932 | 29 April 1933 | |||||
| Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 29 April 1933 | 3 September 1934 | |||||
| Edward Walter Evans | 3 September 1934 | 26 October 1934 | |||||
| Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 26 October 1934 | 7 April 1936 | |||||
| Edward Walter Evans | 7 April 1936 | 4 December 1936 | |||||
| Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 4 December 1936 | 7 June 1937 | |||||
| Edward Walter Evans | 7 June 1937 | 23 October 1937 | |||||
| 98 |  | Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford | 23 October 1937 | 29 January 1940 | |||
| 99 | Sydney Moody | 29 January 1940 | 10 September 1940 | ||||
| Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford | 10 September 1940 | 16 April 1942 | |||||
| Sydney Moody | 16 April 1942 | 5 July 1942 | |||||
| 100 | Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy | 5 July 1942 | 23 May 1945 | ||||
| Sydney Moody | 23 May 1945 | 3 January 1946 | |||||
| Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy | 3 January 1946 | 8 May 1947 | |||||
| Sydney Moody | 8 May 1947 | 10 January 1948 | |||||
| Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy | 10 January 1948 | 5 December 1948 | |||||
| 101 | Sir James Dundas Harford | 5 December 1948 | 26 September 1949 | ||||
| 102 | Sir Hilary Blood | 26 September 1949 | 26 June 1950 | ||||
| Sir James Dundas Harford | 26 June 1950 | 17 November 1950 | |||||
| Sir Hilary Blood | 17 November 1950 | 22 May 1952 | |||||
| Sir James Dundas Harford | 22 May 1952 | 14 October 1952 | |||||
| Sir Hilary Blood | 14 October 1952 | 11 January 1954 | |||||
| 103 | Robert Newton | 11 January 1954 | 22 March 1954 | ||||
| 104 | Sir Robert Scott | 22 March 1954 | 8 November 1956 | ||||
| Robert Newton | 8 November 1956 | 18 April 1957 | |||||
| Sir Robert Scott | 18 April 1957 | 10 July 1959 | |||||
| Robert Newton | 10 July 1959 | 2 November 1959 | |||||
| 105 | Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell | 2 November 1959 | 11 June 1961 | ||||
| 106 | Thomas Douglas Vickers | 11 June 1961 | 20 July 1961 | ||||
| Thomas Douglas Vickers | 10 July 1962 | 17 September 1962 | |||||
| 107 | Sir John Shaw Rennie | 17 September 1962 | 24 August 1964 | ||||
| Thomas Douglas Vickers | 24 August 1964 | 30 November 1964 | |||||
| Sir John Shaw Rennie | 30 November 1964 | 11 October 1966 | |||||
| Thomas Douglas Vickers | 11 October 1966 | 28 December 1966 | |||||
| Sir John Shaw Rennie | 28 December 1966 | 12 March 1968 | |||||
| 108 | Sir John Rennie (1917–2002) | 12 March 1968 | 3 September 1968 | ||||
| 109 | Sir Leonard Williams (1904–1972) | 3 September 1968 | 27 December 1972[†] | ||||
| 110 |  | Raman Osman (1902–1992) | 27 December 1972 | 30 January 1973 | |||
| 30 January 1973 | 31 October 1977 | ||||||
| 111 | Sir Henry Garrioch (1916–2008) | 31 October 1977 | 23 March 1978 | ||||
| 112 | Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay (1919–1999) | 23 March 1978 | 26 April 1979 | ||||
| 26 April 1979 | 28 December 1983 | ||||||
| 113 |  | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985) | 28 December 1983 | 15 December 1985[†] | |||
| 114 | .jpg) | Sir Cassam Moollan (1927–2010) | 15 December 1985 | 17 January 1986 | |||
| 115 |  | Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000) | 17 January 1986 | 12 March 1992 | |||
| 1992 | 12 March 1992 | 30 June 1992 | PTR | ||||
| 116 |  | Rabindrah Ghurburrun (1928–2008) | — | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1992 | PTR | |
| 117 | .jpg) | Cassam Uteem (born 1941) | 1992 1997 | 30 June 1992 | 15 February 2002 | MMM | |
| 118 | Angidi Chettiar (1928–2010) | — | 15 February 2002 | 18 February 2002 | PTR | ||
| 119 |  | Ariranga Pillay (born 1945) | 18 February 2002 | 25 February 2002 | |||
| 120 | .jpg) | Karl Offmann (1940–2022) | 2002 | 25 February 2002 | 1 October 2003 | MSM | |
| 121 |  | Raouf Bundhun (born 1937) | — | 1 October 2003 | 7 October 2003 | MMM | |
| 121 |  | Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | 2003 | 7 October 2003 | 31 March 2012 | MSM | |
| 118 | Angidi Chettiar (1928–2010) | — | 24 August 2007 | 24 August 2007 | PTR | ||
| 121 | Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | 2008 | 24 August 2007 | 31 March 2010 | MSM | ||
| 118 | Angidi Chettiar (1928–2010) | 31 March 2010 | 31 March 2010 | PTR | |||
| 121 | Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | 2010 | 31 March 2010 | 31 March 2012 | MSM | ||
| 122 | .jpg) | Monique Ohsan Bellepeau (born 1942) | — | 31 March 2012 | 21 July 2012 | PTR | |
| 123 |  | Kailash Purryag (born 1947) | 2012 | 21 July 2012 | 29 May 2015 | PTR | |
| 122 | | Monique Ohsan Bellepeau (born 1942) | — | 29 May 2015 | 5 June 2015 | PTR | |
| 124 |  | Ameenah Gurib (born 1959) | 2015 | 5 June 2015 | 23 March 2018 | Independent | |
| 125 | .jpg) | Barlen Vyapoory (born 1945/46) | — | 23 March 2018 | 26 November 2019 | MSM | |
| 126 | Eddy Balancy (born 1953) | 26 November 2019 | 2 December 2019 | Non-partisan | |||
| 127 |  | Prithvirajsing Roopun (born 1959) | 2019 | 2 December 2019 | 28 January 2023 | MSM | |
| 128 | Eddy Boissézon (born 1952) | 2023 | 28 January 2023 | 1 March 2024 | MSM | ||
| 127 | | Prithvirajsing Roopun (born 1959) | 2024 | 1 March 2024 | 2 December 2024 | MSM | |
| 128 | Eddy Boissézon (born 1952) | — | 2 December 2024 | 6 December 2024 | MSM | ||
| 129 | Dharam Gokhool (born 1949) | 2024 | 6 December 2024 | 7 December 2024 | PTR | ||
| 130 | Robert Hungley (born 1957) | — | 7 December 2024 | 7 December 2024 | PTR | ||
| 129 | Dharam Gokhool (born 1949) | — | 7 December 2024 | Incumbent | PTR | ||
