Mauritius

Mauritius

Captain
20 Sep 1598 - 2 Oct 1598 Wybrant van Warwijck(b. c.1566 - d. 1615)
Commanders (Opperhoofd van Mauritius)(of the United East India Company)
6 May 1638 - 7 Nov 1639 Cornelis Simonszoon Gooyer (Goyer) (d. 1640)
7 Nov 1639 - 1645 Adriaan van der Stel(b. c.1605 - d. 1646)
1645 - Sep 1648 Jacob van der Meersch (koopman) (d. 1679)
1648 - 1653 Reiner Por(d. 1653)
1653 - 1654 Joost van der Woutbeek
1654 - 1656 Maximilien de Jong(onderkoopman)
1656 - 16 Jul 1658 Abraham Evertszoon
16 Jul 1658 - 1664 Abandoned
1664 - May 1665 Jacobus van Nieuwland (Nieuwlant) (d. 1665)
1665 - 1667 Georg Frederick Wreede (b. c.1635 - d. 1672)
(1st time)
1667 - 1668 Jan van Jaar
1668 - 1669 Dirk Janszoon Smient
Oct 1669 - 29 Feb 1672 Georg Frederick Wreede (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1672 Swen Felleson
1672 - 13 Feb 1673 Philip Col
13 Feb 1673 - 4 Oct 1677 Hubert Hugo (b. c.1618 - d. 1678)
4 Oct 1677 - 22 Oct 1692 Isaac Johannes Lamotius (b. 1646 - d. 1718)
22 Oct 1692 - 25 Nov 1703 Roelof Diodati (b. 1658 - d. 1723)
25 Nov 1703 - 17 Feb 1710 Adriaan Momber van der Velde (b. 16.. - d. 1710)
(onderkoopman)
17 Feb 1710 - 6 Sep 1718 Abandoned
Governors (of the Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales)
24 Dec 1721 - 7 Apr 1722 Julien Durongu?t le Toullec
(acting)
7 Apr 1722 - 16 Dec 1725 Denis, chevalier de Nyon(d. 1742)
4 May 1722 - 13 Jun 1722 Duval de Hauville
(acting for Nyon)
13 Jul 1722 - 3 Dec 1722 Jacques Gast d'Hauterive (b. 1680 - d. 1762)
(acting for Nyon)
16 Dec 1725 - 13 Mar 1729 Denis de Brousse (acting)
(Lieutenant du Roi)
13 Mar 1729 - 20 Aug 1729 Pierre Beno?t Dumas (b. 1668 - d. 1745)
(director general for commerce)
20 Aug 1729 - 4 Jun 1735 Nicolas de Maupin(commandant)
Governors-general of the Mascarene Islands
(of the Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales until 14 Jul 1767)
4 Jun 1735 - 23 Mar 1746 Bertrand François Mah?, (b. 1699 - d. 1753)
comte de La Bourdonnais
20 Mar 1740 - 14 Aug 1741 Didier de Saint-Martin (1st time) (b. 1698 - d. 1777)
(acting for La Bourdonnais)
1741 - 18 Dec 1742 Didier de Saint-Martin (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for La Bourdonnais)
23 Mar 1746 - 6 Oct 1746 Didier de Saint-Martin (acting) (s.a.)
6 Oct 1746 - 10 Feb 1753 Pierre Félix Barthélemy David (b. 1711 - d. 1795)
10 Feb 1753 - 3 Dec 1755 Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de (b. 1705 - d. 1786)
Lozier
3 Dec 1755 - 4 Nov 1759 Ren? Magon de la Villebague (b. 1722 - d. 1778)
4 Nov 1759 - 14 Jul 1767 Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher (b. 1713 - d. 1790)
14 Jul 1767 - 27 Nov 1768 Jean Daniel Dumas (b. 1721 - d. 1794)
27 Nov 1768 - 6 Jun 1769 Jean Guillaume de Steinauer (acting)
(Steinaver, Steenhovre)
6 Jun 1769 - 23 Aug 1772 François Julien du Dresnay, (b. 1719 - d. 1784)
chevalier Desroches
23 Aug 1772 - 2 Dec 1776 Charles Henri Louis d'Arsac, (b. 1723 - d. 1780)
chevalier de Ternay
2 Dec 1776 - 28 Apr 1779 Antoine de Guiran, chevalier (b. 1725 - d. 1779)
de La Brillanne
28 Apr 1779 - 30 Apr 1779 Joseph Bigeard de Murinais, comte (b. 1718 - d. 1803)
de Saint-Maurice (acting)
1 May 1779 - 3 Nov 1787 François de Peynier, vicomte de (b. 1732 - d. 1803)
Souillac (acting to 30 Jan 1780)
5 Apr 1785 - 28 Jun 1785 Camille Charles Leclerc,(b. 1741 - d. 1797)
chevalier de Fresne
(acting for Souillac)
28 Jun 1785 - 7 Nov 1785 François Louis Teissèdre de Fleury,(b. 1749 - d. 1799)
chevalier de Fleury
(acting for Souillac)
5 Nov 1787 - 14 Nov 1789 Antoine Raymond Joseph Bruni, (b. 1737 - d. 1793)
chevalier d'Entrecasteaux
14 Nov 1789 - 29 Jul 1790 Thomas, comte de Conway (b. 1735 - d. 1795)
29 Jul 1790 - 19 Aug 1790 Dominique Prosper de Chermont (b. 1741 - d. 1798)
(acting)
19 Aug 1790 - 18 Jun 1792 David Charpentier de Cossigny (b. 1740 - d. 1801)
(acting)
18 Jun 1792 - 28 Jul 1800 Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, (b. 1730 - d. 1800)
comte de Malartic
18 Jun 1792 - Jun 1796 Jean-François Le Boucher
+ Daniel Lescallier (to Sep 1792) (b. 1743 - d. 1822)
(civil commissioners)
28 Jul 1800 - 25 Sep 1803 François Louis Magallon de la (b. 1754 - d. 1825)
Morlière
26 Sep 1803 - 3 Dec 1810 Charles Mathieu Isidore, comte (b. 1769 - d. 1832)
Decaen
26 Sep 1803 - 3 Dec 1810 Louis Léger -Prefect (b. 1748 - d. 1813)
British Military Commander
29 Nov 1810 - 3 Dec 1810 John Abercromby (b. 1772 - d. 1817)
Governors and Commanders-in-chief
3 Dec 1810 - 12 Jun 1823 Robert Townsend Farquhar (b. 1776 - d. 1830)
(from 27 Jul 1821, Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar)
9 Apr 1811 - 12 Jul 1811 Henry Warde (acting for Farquhar) (b. 1766 - d. 1834)
19 Nov 1817 - 10 Dec 1818 Gage John Hall (b. 1773? - d. 1854)
(acting for Farquhar)
10 Dec 1818 - 6 Feb 1819 John Dalrymple (b. 1777 - d. 1835)
(acting for Farquhar)
6 Feb 1819 - 6 Jul 1820 Ralph Darling (1st time) (b. 1772 - d. 1858)
(acting for Farquhar)
20 May 1823 - 12 Jun 1823 Ralph Darling (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Farquhar)
12 Jun 1823 - 17 Jun 1828 Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (b. 1772 - d. 1842)
17 Jun 1828 - 31 Jan 1833 Sir Charles Colville (b. 1770 - d. 1843)
31 Jan 1833 - 16 Jul 1840 Sir William Nicolay (b. 1771 - d. 1842)
20 Feb 1840 - 16 Jul 1840 James Power (acting for Nicolay) (b. 1776? - d. 1851)
16 Jul 1840 - 2 Jan 1842 Sir Lionel Smith (b. 1778 - d. 1842)
3 Jan 1842 - 21 Nov 1842 William Staveley (acting) (b. 1784 - d. 1854)
21 Nov 1842 - 8 Jun 1849 Sir William Maynard Gomm (b. 1784 - d. 1875)
5 May 1849 - 21 May 1849 Thomas Blanchard
(acting for Gomm)
21 May 1849 - 8 Jun 1849 Henry Lewis Sweeting (b. 1790? - d. 1855)
(acting for Gomm)
8 Jun 1849 - 8 Jan 1851 Sir George William Anderson (b. 1791 - d. 1857)
19 Oct 1850 - 8 Jan 1851 William Sutherland (1st time) (b. 1788 - d. 1862)
(acting for Anderson)
8 Jan 1851 - 21 Sep 1857 James Macaulay Higginson (b. 1805 - d. 1885)
(from 2 Jan 1857, Sir James Macaulay Higginson)
1 Sep 1853 - 27 Sep 1853 William Sutherland (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Higginson)
14 Apr 1854 - 18 Jan 1855 William Sutherland (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Higginson)
18 Jan 1855 - 12 Jun 1855 Charles Murray Hay (1st time) (b. 1802 - d. 1864)
(acting for Higginson)
11 Sep 1857 - 21 Sep 1857 Charles Murray Hay (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Higginson)
21 Sep 1857 - 9 Jan 1863 Sir William Stevenson (b. 1805 - d. 1863)
10 Jan 1863 - 26 Nov 1863 Montague Cholmeley Johnstone (b. 1804 - d. 1874)
(acting)
26 Nov 1863 - 21 Feb 1871 Sir Henry Barkly (b. 1815 - d. 1898)
4 Jun 1870 - 21 Feb 1871 Edward Selby Smyth (b. 1819 - d. 1896)
(acting for Barkly)
21 Feb 1871 - 21 Nov 1874 Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
(from 23 Feb 1871, Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon)
19 Aug 1871 - 29 Sep 1871 Edward Selby Smyth (s.a.)
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
21 Oct 1872 - 28 Oct 1872 Edward Newton (1st time) (b. 1832 - d. 1897)
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
20 Jan 1873 - 20 Oct 1873 Edward Newton (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
30 Sep 1874 - 21 Nov 1874 Edward Newton (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Hamilton-Gordon)
21 Nov 1874 - 4 Apr 1879 Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (b. 1812 - d. 1885)
31 Dec 1878 - 4 Apr 1879 Frederick Napier Broome (1st time) (b. 1842 - d. 1896)
(acting for Phayre)
4 Apr 1879 - 5 May 1883 Sir George Ferguson Bowen (b. 1821 - d. 1899)
9 Dec 1880 - 5 May 1883 Sir Frederick Napier Broome (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for Bowen)
5 May 1883 - 1 Jun 1883 Charles Bruce (acting) (b. 1837 - d. 1920)
1 Jun 1883 - 21 Dec 1889 Sir John Pope Hennessy (b. 1834 - d. 1891)
(suspended 14 Dec 1886 - 12 Jul 1887)
24 Sep 1884 - 15 Oct 1884 Henry Nicholas Duverger Beyts (b. 1821 - d. 1899)
(1st time)(acting for Hennessy)
30 Sep 1886 - 28 Oct 1886 Henry Nicholas Duverger Beyts (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for Hennessy)
15 Dec 1886 - 18 Dec 1886 Sir Hercules George Robert (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
Robinson (acting for Hennessy)
18 Dec 1886 - 2 Jul 1887 William Hanbury Hawley (b. 1829 - d. 1917)
(acting for Hennessy)
2 Jul 1887 - 11 Dec 1888 Francis Fleming (1st time) (b. 1842 - d. 1922)
(acting for Hennessy)
11 Dec 1888 - 22 Dec 1888 Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall (b. 1826 - d. 1901)
(1st time)(acting for Hennessy)
11 Dec 1889 - 17 Dec 1889 Francis Fleming (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Hennessy)
17 Dec 1889 - 21 Dec 1889 Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for Hennessy)
21 Dec 1889 - 20 Sep 1892 Sir Charles Cameron Lees (b. 1837 - d. 1898)
12 Mar 1892 - 20 Sep 1892 Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham (b. 1842 - d. 1914)
(acting for Lees)
20 Sep 1892 - 11 May 1897 Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham (s.a.)
(from 2 Jan 1893, Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham)
(acting to 21 Jun 1893)
17 Jan 1894 - 24 Jul 1894 Charles Anthony King-Harman (b. 1851 - d. 1939)
(1st time)(acting for Jerningham)
2 Mar 1896 - 19 Sep 1896 Charles Anthony King-Harman (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for Jerningham)
15 Jan 1897 - 11 May 1897 Charles Anthony King-Harman (s.a.)
(3rd time)(acting for Jerningham)
11 May 1897 - 20 Aug 1904 Sir Charles Bruce (s.a.)
12 Jul 1900 - 13 May 1901 Sir Graham John Bower (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1933)
(acting for Bruce)
10 Nov 1903 - 20 Aug 1904 Sir Graham John Bower (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
20 Aug 1904 - 13 Sep 1911 Sir Cavendish Boyle (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
14 Apr 1906 - 14 Sep 1906 Sir Graham John Bower (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Boyle)
17 Oct 1908 - 23 Apr 1909 Sir Graham John Bower (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Boyle)
10 Apr 1911 - 13 Sep 1911 George Smith (acting) (b. 1858 - d. 1938)
13 Sep 1911 - 18 May 1916 John Robert Chancellor (b. 1870 - d. 1952)
(from 3 Jun 1913, Sir John Robert Chancellor)
10 Mar 1914 - 22 Sep 1914 John Middleton (1st time) (b. 1870 - d. 1954)
(acting for Chancellor)
28 Jan 1916 - 18 May 1916 John Middleton (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Chancellor)
18 May 1916 - 19 Feb 1925 Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
8 Feb 1919 - 17 Nov 1919 John Middleton (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Bell)
2 Feb 1921 - 3 Apr 1921 Edward Brandis Denham (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1938)
(acting for Bell)
8 May 1922 - 3 Mar 1923 Edward Brandis Denham (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Bell)
16 Aug 1924 - 19 Feb 1925 Edward Allan Grannum (1st time) (b. 1869 - d. 1956)
(acting for Bell)
19 Feb 1925 - 30 Aug 1930 Sir Herbert James Read (b. 1863 - d. 1949)
2 Sep 1926 - 17 Oct 1926 Sir Edward Allan Grannum (2nd time)(s.a.)
(acting for Read)
3 Aug 1927 - 17 May 1928 Sir Edward Allan Grannum (3rd time)(s.a.)
(acting for Read)
9 Dec 1929 - 30 Aug 1930 Sir Edward Allan Grannum (s.a.)
(4th time)(acting for Read)
30 Aug 1930 - 23 Oct 1937 Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson (b. 1883 - d. 1971)
(from 3 Jun 1931, Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson)
24 Aug 1932 - 29 Apr 1933 Edward Walter Evans (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1985)
(acting for Jackson)
3 Sep 1934 - 26 Oct 1934 Edward Walter Evans (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Jackson)
7 Apr 1936 - 4 Dec 1936 Edward Walter Evans (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Jackson)
7 Jun 1937 - 23 Oct 1937 Edward Walter Evans (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Jackson)
23 Oct 1937 - 5 Jul 1942 Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
29 Jan 1940 - 10 Sep 1940 Sydney Moody (1st time) (b. 1889 - d. 1979)
(acting for Clifford)
16 Apr 1942 - 5 Jul 1942 Sydney Moody (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Clifford)
5 Jul 1942 - 26 Sep 1949 Sir Henry Charles Donald Cleveland (b. 1889 - d. 1965)
Mackenzie-Kennedy
23 May 1945 - 3 Jan 1946 Sydney Moody (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy)
8 May 1947 - 10 Jan 1948 Sydney Moody (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy)
5 Dec 1948 - 26 Sep 1949 James Dundas Harford (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
(acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy)
26 Sep 1949 - 22 Mar 1954 Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
26 Jun 1950 - 17 Nov 1950 James Dundas Harford (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Blood)
22 May 1952 - 14 Oct 1952 James Dundas Harford (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Blood)
11 Jan 1954 - 22 Mar 1954 Robert Newton (1st time) (b. 1908 - d. 1983)
(acting for Blood)
22 Mar 1954 - 2 Nov 1959 Sir Robert Scott (b. 1903 - d. 1968)
8 Nov 1956 - 18 Apr 1957 Robert Newton (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Scott)
10 Jul 1959 - 2 Nov 1959 Robert Newton (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Scott)
2 Nov 1959 - 17 Sep 1962 Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
11 Jun 1961 - 20 Jul 1961 Thomas Douglas Vickers (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 1999)
(acting for Deverell)
10 Jul 1962 - 17 Sep 1962 Thomas Douglas Vickers (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Deverell)
17 Sep 1962 - 11 Mar 1968 Sir John Shaw Rennie (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
24 Aug 1964 - 30 Nov 1964 Thomas Douglas Vickers (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Rennie)
11 Oct 1966 - 28 Dec 1966 Thomas Douglas Vickers (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Rennie)
QueenƒP
12 Mar 1968 - 11 Mar 1992 the Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general
(representing the British monarch as head of state)
12 Mar 1968 - 27 Aug 1968 Sir John Shaw Rennie (s.a.)
27 Aug 1968 - 3 Sep 1968 Sir Michel Jean Joseph Laval (b. 1910 - d. 1970)
Rivalland (acting)
3 Sep 1968 - 27 Dec 1972 Sir Arthur Leonard Williams (b. 1904 - d. 1972)
Governors-general and Commanders-in-chief
(representing the British monarch as head of state)
24 Dec 1972 - 31 Oct 1977 Abdool Raman Mahomed Osman (b. 1902 - d. 1992)
(from 6 Feb 1973, Sir Abdool Raman Mahomed Osman)
(acting [for Williams to 27 Dec 1972] to 30 Jan 1973)
1 Nov 1977 - 23 Mar 1978 William Henry Garrioch (acting) (b. 1916 - d. 2008)
(from 31 Dec 1977, Sir William Henry Garrioch)
23 Mar 1978 - 28 Dec 1983 Dayendranath Burrenchobay (b. 1919 - d. 1999)
(from 30 Dec 1978, Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay)
(acting to 17? Oct 1979)
28 Dec 1983 - 15 Dec 1985 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (b. 1900 - d. 1985)
15 Dec 1985 - 17 Jan 1986 Sir Cassam Ismael Moollan (acting) (b. 1927 - d. 2010)
17 Jan 1986 - 11 Mar 1992 Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (b. 1920 - d. 2000)
Presidents
12 Mar 1992 - 1 Jul 1992 Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (s.a.) Non-party
1 Jul 1992 - 15 Feb 2002 Cassam Uteem (b. 1941) MMM
15 Feb 2002 - 18 Feb 2002 Angidi Verriah Chettiar (acting) (b. 1928 - d. 2010) PTr
18 Feb 2002 - 25 Feb 2002 Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (b. 1945) Non-party
(acting)
25 Feb 2002 - 1 Oct 2003 Karl Auguste Offmann (b. 1940 - d. 2022) MSM
1 Oct 2003 - 7 Oct 2003 Abdool Raouf Bundhun (acting) (b. 1937) MMM
7 Oct 2003 - 31 Mar 2012 Sir Anerood Jugnauth (b. 1930 - d. 2021) MSM
31 Mar 2012 - 21 Jul 2012 Monique Agnès Ohsan Bellepeau (f) (b. 1942) PTr
(1st time) (acting)
21 Jul 2012 - 29 May 2015 Rajkeswur (Kailash) Purryag (b. 1947 - d. 2025) PTr
29 May 2015 - 5 Jun 2015 Monique Agnès Ohsan Bellepeau (f) (s.a.) PTr
(2nd time) (acting)
5 Jun 2015 - 23 Mar 2018 Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib- (b. 1959) Non-party
Fakim (f)
23 Mar 2018 - 26 Nov 2019 Paramasivum Pillay "Barlen" (b. 1945) MSM
Vyapoory (acting)
26 Nov 2019 - 2 Dec 2019 Marc France Eddy Balancy (acting) (b. 1953) Non-party
2 Dec 2019 - 7 Dec 2024 Prithvirajsing "Pradeep" Roopun (b. 1959) MSM
7 Dec 2024 - Dharam Gokhool (b. 1949) PTr

Chief minister
26 Sep 1961 - 12 Aug 1967 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (s.a.) PTr
(from 12 Jun 1965, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam)
Premier
12 Aug 1967 - 12 Mar 1968 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (s.a.) PTr
Prime ministers
12 Mar 1968 - 16 Jun 1982 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (s.a.) PTr
16 Jun 1982 - 27 Dec 1995 Anerood Jugnauth (1st time) (s.a.) MMM;Apr 1983 MSM
(from 11 Jun 1988, Sir Anerood Jugnauth)
27 Dec 1995 - 17 Sep 2000 Navinchandra "Navin" Ramgoolam (b. 1947) PTr
(1st time)
17 Sep 2000 - 30 Sep 2003 Sir Anerood Jugnauth (2nd time) (s.a.) MSM
30 Sep 2003 - 5 Jul 2005 Paul Raymond Bérenger (b. 1945) MMM
5 Jul 2005 - 17 Dec 2014 Navinchandra "Navin" Ramgoolam (s.a.) PTr
(2nd time)
17 Dec 2014 - 23 Jan 2017 Sir Anerood Jugnauth (3rd time) (s.a.) MSM
23 Jan 2017 - 13 Nov 2024 Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (b. 1961) MSM
13 Nov 2024 - Navinchandra "Navin" Ramgoolam (s.a.) PTr
(3rd time)

Intendants of Justice, Police and Finances of ?les de France et de Bourbon
17 Jul 1767 - 1772 Pierre Poivre (b. 1719 - d. 1786)
22 Aug 1772 - 1776 Jacques Maillart du Mesle (b. 1731 - d. 1782)
17 Nov 1777 - 1781 Denis Nicolas de Foucault (b.1723 - d. 1807)
4 Jul 1781 - Oct 1785 ƒmtienne Claude Chevreau (b. 1730 - d. 1785)
12 Oct 1785 - 17 Aug 1789 Augustin François Motais de (b. 1747 - d. 1827)
Narbonne
17 Aug 1789 - 1798 Andr? Julien Dupuy (b. 1753 - d. 1832)
6 Nov 1798 - 1803 Jean-Baptiste Charles Laurent (b. 1751 - d. 1838)
Thibault de Chanvalon
(director-general)

ƒPFull style:
(a) 12 Mar 1968 - 25 May 1968: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.";
(b) 25 May 1968 - 12 Mar 1992: "Queen of Mauritius and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."

Territorial Disputes: Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Islands (U.K.-administered British Indian Ocean Territory ) and its former inhabitants, chiefly reside in MauritiusMauritius has claimed French-administered Tromelin Island (part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands) since 1976.

Party abbreviations: MMM = Mauritian Militant Movement/Mouvement Militant Mauricien (democratic socialist, humanist, est.Sep 1969); MSM = Militant Socialist Movement/Mouvement Socialiste Militant (center-left, social democratic, split from MMM and MSP, est.8 Apr 1983); PMSD = Mauritian Social Democratic Party/Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (conservative, Franco-Mauritian, formerly social democratic, est.6 Apr 1955);PTr = Mauritius Labour Party/Parti Travailliste Mauricien (center-left, social-democratic, est.23 Feb 1936)

Feb 1507 Sighted by the Portuguese fleet of Affonso d'Albuquerque under
Capt. Diogo Fernandes Pereira, which is named Ilha Diogo Fernandes
(later abbreviated on maps as Domingo Froiz).
Feb 1528 Re-sighted by Portuguese Capt. Diogo Rodrigues (Rodriguez)(b. c.1490
- d. 1577), and renamed Ilha Diogo Rodrigues (it is later referred
to as Diogo Rodr?guez, Diego Roiz, Diego Ruys, and Dygarroys);
no settlement.
19 Sep 1601 Visited by Dutch Admiral Wolphart Harman (Harmansen).
1625 Claimed by France (ƒzle Rodrigue), no settlement.
1644 Dutch East India Company ebony wood hunters stay on the island
for three months.
30 Apr 1691 - 21 May 1693 Settlement by French Huguenot exiles in Holland (abandoned 1693).
Jul 1725 French re-occupation begins, named ƒzle Marianne (abandoned 1726-35).
Oct 1725 - Jun 1726 French crew members of the La Ressource marooned on the island.
Jul 1735 Permanent French settlement begins under Oscol (Oriol) who arrives
aboard Hirondelle (ƒzle Rodrigue, subordinated to ƒzle Bourbon
[Réunion]).
29 Jun 1761 British ship Plassey under Capt. Thomas Fletcher bombards the port
and forces inhabitants into neutrality (until 1763).
4 Aug 1809 - Apr 1812 British occupation (Rodrigues Island (from Dec 1810, a dependency of
Mauritius).
15 Oct 1814 British possession proclaimed in Mauritius according to the
Treaty of Paris (of 30 May 1814).
12 Mar 1968 Part of independent Mauritius (Rodrigues district).
12 Mar 1992 - Oct 1996 Rodrigues Local Council appointed by minister of Rodriguan affairs.
12 Oct 2002 Autonomy (Island of Rodrigues) by (Mauritius constitution amendment
of 20 Nov 2001 and) the Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act 39/2001
of 20 Dec 2001 of 18 Jan 2002.

Governor
1 May 1691 - 21 May 1693 François Leguat de la Fougère (b. 1639? - d. 1735)
Commandants
Jul 1725 - 1725 Isaac Jean Rodier de Lavergne (b. c.1700 - d. 1734)
1725 César Antoine Bonard de Mangarde (b. 1684 - d. 1732)
Oct 1725 - Jun 1726 Julien Tafforet (Stafforet)
1726 - c.1735 Vacant?
c.Jul 1735 - 1740? Oscol (or Oriol)
c.1745 - c.1746 Louis Laurent Durup de Bussy (b. 1708 - d. 1763)
c.Jun 1751 - c.Mar 1758 Vincent François Martenne de (b. 1718 - d. 1791)
Pluvi? (Puvign?)(1st time)
c.Apr 1758 - Dec 1759 Caradec
Dec 1759 - 4 Jan 1762 Vincent François Martenne de (s.a.)
Pluvi? (Puvign?)(2nd time)
4 Jan 1762 - Apr 1782 Yves Mathurin Julienne (Jullienne) (b. 1736 - d. ....)
Jul 1782 - 11 Jul 1784 Ren? Charles Le François Forval (b. 1730 - d. 1815)
de Grainville (1st time)
Aug 1785 - Jul 1786 Ren? Charles Le François Forval (s.a.)
de Grainville (2nd time)
Agents Civil
Jul 1786 - Apr 1791 Jean-Antoine Stofeld de Valgny (d. 1791)
12 May 1794 - 8 Aug 1809 Philibert Marragon (b. 1749 - d. 1826)
British Commandants
4 Aug 1809 - Dec 1810 Henry Sheehy Keating (b. 1775 - d. 1847)
Dec 1810 - Apr 1812 Vacant?
Apr 1812 - 4 Nov 1820 Philibert Marragon (1st time) (s.a.)
4 Nov 1820 - 31 May 1823 Thomas Robert Pye (b. 1789? - d. 1836)
1 Jun 1823 - Oct 1825 Philibert Marragon (2nd time) (s.a.)
Oct 1825 - Dec 1842 Vacant?
Police Magistrates
Dec 1842 - 28 Apr 1846 Blaise Bacy
28 Apr 1846 - 16 Sep 1847 Alexander de Courcy Potterton (b. 1818 - d. 1907)
16 Sep 1847 - 20 Apr 1850 John Henderson
20 Apr 1850 - 8 Dec 1856 C.W.P. Montgomery
8 Dec 1856 - 14 May 1862 Edward Stephens Messiter (b. 1816? - d. 18..)
14 May 1862 - 13 Nov 1871 George Jenner
13 Nov 1871 - 1 May 1872 James Stadler Stuart (acting)
1 May 1872 - 12 May 1875 Henry Reid Bell (b. 1832 - d. 1902)
12 May 1875 - 12 Jul 1875 William James Caldwell (acting)
12 Jul 1875 - 25 Apr 1877 Henri Eugène Desmarais (1st time) (b. 1843 - d. 1928)
25 Apr 1877 - 11 Sep 1877 Victor Singery (acting)
11 Sep 1877 - 1 Nov 1879Henri Eugène Desmarais (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Nov 1879 - Jun 1882 Joseph Clanfergael O'Halloran (b. 1846 - d. 1920)
Civil Commissioners and Police Magistrates
Jun 1882 - 17 Sep 1882 Joseph Clanfergael O'Halloran (s.a.)
(1st time)
17 Sep 1882 - 21 Nov 1882 Jacques Ivanoff Dupont (acting) (b. 1835 - d. 1887)
21 Nov 1882 - 29 Nov 1884 Joseph Clanfergael O'Halloran (s.a.)
(2nd time)
29 Nov 1884 - 21 Apr 1887 Louis Arthur Boucherat (acting) (b. 1845? - d. ....)
21 Apr 1887 - 13 Sep 1890 Joseph Clanfergael O'Halloran (s.a.)
(3rd time)
13 Sep 1890 - 28 Nov 1890 Ange Edmond de La Peyre (acting) (b. 1840 - d. 1916)
Magistrates for Rodrigues
28 Nov 1890 - 12 Dec 1890 Ange Edmond de La Peyre (acting) (s.a.)
12 Dec 1890 - 10 Apr 1893 Barthélemy Hardy Colin (1st time) (b. 1855 - d. 1936)
10 Apr 1893 - 9 Apr 1894 Yves Pierre Antoine Jollivet (b. 1851 - d. 1913)
(acting)
9 Apr 1894 - 13 Dec 1895 Barthélemy Hardy Colin (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Dec 1895 - 21 Nov 1896 Frédéric Robert (1st time)(acting) (b. 1862 - d. 1927)
21 Nov 1896 - 28 Jul 1897 Barthélemy Hardy Colin (3rd time) (s.a.)
28 Jul 1897 - 22 Aug 1898 Frédéric Robert (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
22 Aug 1898 - 28 Apr 1900 Barthélemy Hardy Colin (4th time) (s.a.)
28 Apr 1900 - Dec 1900 Frédéric Robert (3rd time)(acting) (s.a.)
Magistrates and Civil Commissioners for Rodrigues
Dec 1900 - 17 Jun 1901 Frédéric Robert (3rd time)(acting) (s.a.)
17 Jun 1901 - 18 Apr 1902 Edward Robert McMillan (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
18 Apr 1902 - 28 Jun 1902 Léon Lecl?zio (1st time)(acting) (b. 1860 - d. 1945)
28 Jun 1902 - 14 Aug 1902 Furcy Alfred Herchenroder (acting) (b. 1865 - d. 1932)
14 Aug 1902 - 2 Apr 1904 Jean Edmond Rouillard (1st time) (b. 1868 - d. 1936)
2 Apr 1904 - 17 Jun 1904 Frédéric Robert (4th time)(acting) (s.a.)
17 Jun 1904 - 23 Jun 1906 Jean Edmond Rouillard (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Jun 1906 - 24 Sep 1906 John Douglas Bolton (acting)
24 Sep 1906 - 27 Dec 1907 Jean Edmond Rouillard (3rd time) (s.a.)
27 Dec 1907 - 20 Oct 1908 Frédéric Robert (5th time)(acting) (s.a.)
20 Oct 1908 - 17 Dec 1909 Jean Edmond Rouillard (4th time) (s.a.)
17 Dec 1909 - 15 Jun 1910 Samuel Fouquereaux (1st time) (b. 1881 - d. 1947)
(acting)
15 Jun 1910 - 22 Dec 1912 Jean Edmond Rouillard (5th time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1912 - 31 Mar 1913 Frédéric Pierre Gen?ve (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1932)
(acting)
31 Mar 1913 - 1 Jul 1913Jean Edmond Rouillard (6th time) (s.a.)
1 Jul 1913 - 5 Nov 1913 Léon Lecl?zio (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
5 Nov 1913 - Apr 1914 Georges Rousset (b. 1879 - d. 1954)
Apr 1914 - Jul 1914 Maurice Vigier de Latour (acting)
Jul 1914 - 18 Dec 1914Frédéric Pierre Gen?ve (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
18 Dec 1914 - 10 Jun 1916Samuel Fouquereaux (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jun 1916 - 7 Nov 1916Frédéric Pierre Gen?ve (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
7 Nov 1916 - 28 Oct 1918 William Butler Lloyd (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
28 Oct 1918 - Dec 1918 Samuel Ethelbert Mangénie (acting) (b. 1875 - d. 19..)
Dec 1918 - 28 Apr 1919 Léon Lecl?zio (3rd time)(acting) (s.a.)
28 Apr 1919 - 21 Dec 1920 Louis Denis Antoine Ulcoq (b. 1884 - d. 1965)
21 Dec 1920 - 16 Dec 1922 No?l Antoine Edmond Duvivier (b. 1886 - d. 1966)
16 Dec 1922 - 29 Aug 1925 W.J. Hanning (1st time)(acting) (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
29 Aug 1925 - Jun 1926 Barth?l?my Jules Colin (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1965)
Jun 1926 - 22 Aug 1926 Antoine Legras (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 19..)
22 Aug 1926 - 19 Dec 1926 Barthélémy Jules Colin (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Dec 1926 - 9 Jul 1927 Samuel Blunt de Burgh-Edwardes (b. 1895 - d. 1988)
(acting)
9 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927 Joseph Roger Espitalier-No?l (b. 1901 - d. 1974)
(1st time) (acting)
21 Dec 1927 - 22 Dec 1928Barthelemy Jules Colin (3rd time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1928 - 10 Oct 1929 Joseph Roger Espitalier-No?l (s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
10 Oct 1929 - 21 Dec 1929 W.J. Hanning (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
21 Dec 1929 - 5 Apr 1930Barth?l?my Jules Colin (4th time) (s.a.)
5 Apr 1930 - 20 Dec 1934 Raoul Brouard (b. 1901 - d. 1991)
20 Dec 1934 - 27 Dec 1937 Joseph Félix Jules Pierre Rousset (b. 1898 - d. 1966)
27 Dec 1937 - 2 Oct 1938 Aim? Joseph Le Roy (1st time) (b. 1905 - d. 1974)
2 Oct 1938 - 10 Nov 1938 Antoine Legras (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
10 Nov 1938 - 5 May 1940 Aim? Joseph Le Roy (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 May 1940 - 21 Sep 1943 Jacques Joseph Maurice Lavoipierre (b. 1909 - d. 1985)
21 Sep 1943 - 26 Dec 1944 Harilall Ranchhordas Vaghjee (b. 1912 - d. 1979)
26 Dec 1944 - 17 Dec 1945 Marie Joseph Gérard Lalouette (b. 1912 - d. 1992)
17 Dec 1945 - 25 Aug 1948 Jules Hyacinthe Maurice Rousset (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
25 Aug 1948 - 9 Nov 1949 John Lewis Bradshaw (1st time) (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
9 Nov 1949 - 4 Mar 1950 Joseph Richard Victor Marrier (b. 1915 - d. 1958)
d'Unienville (acting)
4 Mar 1950 - 15 Sep 1951 John Lewis Bradshaw (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1951 - 19 Feb 1954 Louis Paul Toureau (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. ....)
19 Feb 1954 - Jan 1956 Jean Emilien Claude Rochecouste (b. 1917 - d. 1997)
(1st time)
Jan 1956 - Mar 1956 Louis Joseph France Vallet (b. 1921 - d. 1996)
(1st time)(acting)
Mar 1956 - 27 Jul 1957 Jean Emilien Claude Rochecouste (s.a.)
(2nd time)
27 Jul 1957 - 30 Aug 1957 Louis Joseph France Vallet (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
30 Aug 1957 - 31 Mar 1960Jean Emilien Claude Rochecouste (s.a.)
(3rd time)
31 Mar 1960 - 25 Jul 1961 Louis Paul Toureau (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Jul 1961 - 19 Jul 1962 Louis Philippe Lef?bure (1st time) (b. 1922 - d. 1971)
19 Jul 1962 - Nov 1962 Paul Yves Espitalier-No?l (b. 1928 - d. 1986)
(1st time)(acting)
Nov 1962 - 14 Sep 1963Louis Philippe Lef?bure (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Sep 1963 - 2 Nov 1963 Louis Joseph France Vallet (s.a.)
(3rd time)
2 Nov 1963 - 21 Dec 1963 Paul Yves Espitalier-No?l (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
21 Dec 1963 - Dec 1965 Louis Joseph France Vallet (s.a.)
(4th time)
Dec 1965 - 27 Jun 1968 Paul Yves Espitalier-No?l (s.a.)
(3rd time)
27 Jun 1968 - 8 Dec 1970 Jocelyn Serge Forget de Villerfaux (b. 1933 - d. 2023)
(1st time)
8 Dec 1970 - 7 Jan 1971 Yves Pitchen (1st time)(acting) (b. 1949)
7 Jan 1971 - 24 Mar 1971 Jocelyn Serge Forget de Villerfaux (s.a.)
(2nd time)
24 Mar 1971 - Mar 1972 Yves Pitchen (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mar 1972 - Jun 1972 Jocelyn Serge Forget de Villerfaux (s.a.)
(3rd time)
Jun 1972 - Dec 1972 Lall T. Ramjoorawon
Dec 1972 - Jul 1973 Paul Yves Espitalier-No?l (s.a.)
(4th time)
Jul 1973 - 11 Jul 1974 Jocelyn Serge Forget de Villerfaux (s.a.)
(4th time)
Resident Commissioners
11 Jul 1974 - Mar 1977 Nigel Heseltine (b. 1916 - d. 1995)
Mar 1977 - Sep 1977Paul Yves Espitalier-No?l (s.a.)
(interim)
Sep 1977 - Aug 1980 Guy Magnien (b. 1942)
Aug 1980 - Sep 1982 Sydney Moutia (b. 1932)
Administrative Secretaries
Sep 1982 - Mar 1983 Rayapen Chavrimootoo (interim)
Mar 1983 - Aug 1985 Maxime Labour (1st time)
Aug 1985 - Feb 1986 Raouf Allybocus (interim)
Feb 1986 - May 1988 Maxime Labour (2nd time)
Island Secretaries
May 1988 - Dec 1990 Claude Wong So
Dec 1990 - Feb 1991 .... (acting)
Feb 1991 - Feb 1993 Jacques Cunden
Mar 1993 - Feb 1994 Rajendradev Gajeelee
Feb 1994 - Jun 1996 Jugoo Bassoodeosing (interim)
Jul 1996 - Jun 1998 Jean-Max Simonet
Jul 1998 - Sep 2002 Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis
Chief Executives
24 Oct 2002 - 23 Oct 2004 Claude Wong So Non-party
24 Oct 2004 - 5 Mar 2010 Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis (1st time) Non-party
Mar 2010 - 24 Aug 2010 Pritam Singh Mattan Non-party
24 Aug 2010 - 13 Feb 2012 Joseph Ah-Leong Chang-Siow (b. 1965?) Non-party
13 Feb 2012 - 21 Mar 2022 Jacques Davis Hee Hong Wye (b. 1968) Non-party
5 Mar 2022 - 6 Mar 2024 Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis (2nd time) Non-party

President of the Rodrigues Local Council
12 Mar 1992 - Oct 1996 Antoinette Prudence (f) (b. 1952 - d. 2007) FAR
Oct 1996 - 24 Oct 2002 Post abolished
Chief Commissioners
12 Oct 2002 - 4 Feb 2003 Jean Daniel Spéville (b. 1971) OPR
4 Feb 2003 - 4 Aug 2006 Louis Serge Clair (1st time) (b. 1940) OPR
4 Aug 2006 - 12 Jan 2011 Johnson Roussety (1st time) (b. 1975) MR
12 Jan 2011 - 11 Feb 2012 Ga?tan Jhabeemissur (b. 1955) MR
11 Feb 2012 - 5 Mar 2022 Louis Serge Clair (2nd time) (s.a.) OPR
5 Mar 2022 - 6 Mar 2024 Johnson Roussety (2nd time) (s.a.) FPR
6 Mar 2024 - Franceau Aubret Grandcourt (b. 1976) UPR

Party abbreviations: OPR = Rodrigues People's Organisation/Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais (Rodrigues regionalist, autonomist, left-wing, Rodriguan separatist, est.12 Nov 1976); MR = Mouvement Rodriguais/Rodrigues Movement (democratic socialist, center-left, regionalist, est.14 Sep 1992); FPR = Rotriguais Patriotic Front/Front Patriotique Rodriguais (pro-Rodriguan independence, est.2011); UPR = Union of the People of Rodrigues/Union du Peuple Rodriguais;
- Former parties: FAR = Front de l'Autonomie de Rodrigues/Front for the Autonomy of Rodrigues (regionalist); RPR = Rassemblement du Peuple Rodriguais (Rally for the Rodrigues People, est.1986)