Historical country records

Mauritius historical timeline

Mauritius

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1638	Dutch colony	Leaders
17 Feb 1710	abandoned	Leaders
23 Sep 1721	French colony (Île de France)	Leaders
3 Dec 1810	British colony (Mauritius)	Leaders
12 Mar 1968	independence	Leaders
12 Mar 1992	Republic of Mauritius	Leaders
22 Oct 1692 - 25 Nov 1703	Roelof Diodati	Governors
25 Nov 1703 - 17 Feb 1710	Adriaan Momber van der Velde	Governors
24 Dec 1721 - 7 Apr 1722	Julien Duronguet le Toullec	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
7 Apr 1722 - 16 Dec 1725	Denis, chevalier de Nyon	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
4 May 1722 - 13 Jun 1722	Duval de Hauville	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
13 Jul 1722 - 3 Dec 1722	Jacques Gast d'Hauterive	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
16 Dec 1725 - 13 Mar 1729	Denis de Brousse (acting)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
13 Mar 1729 - 20 Aug 1729	Pierre Benoît Dumas	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
20 Aug 1729 - 4 Jun 1735	Nicolas de Maupin	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
4 Jun 1735 - 23 Mar 1746	Bertrand François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais (b. 1699 - d. 1753)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
20 Mar 1740 - 14 Aug 1741	Didier de Saint-Martin	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
1741 - 18 Dec 1742	Didier de Saint-Martin	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
23 Mar 1746 - 6 Oct 1746	Didier de Saint-Martin (3rd time)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
6 Oct 1746 - 10 Feb 1753	Pierre Félix Barthélemy David	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
10 Feb 1753 - 3 Dec 1755	Jean Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (b. 1705 - d. 1786)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
3 Dec 1755 - 4 Nov 1759	René Magon de la Villebague	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
4 Nov 1759 - 14 Jul 1767	Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
14 Jul 1767 - 27 Nov 1768	Jean Daniel Dumas	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
27 Nov 1768 - 6 Jun 1769	Jean-Guillaume Steinauer (acting)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
6 Jun 1769 - 23 Aug 1772	François Julien du Dresnay, chevalier Desroches (b. 1719 - d. 1784)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
23 Aug 1772 - 2 Dec 1776	Charles Louis d'Arsac, chevalier de Ternay (b. 1723 - d. 1780)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
2 Dec 1776 - 28 Apr 1779	Antoine de Guiran, chevalier de La Brillanne (b. 1724? - d. 1779)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
28 Apr 1779 - 30 Apr 1779	Joseph Murinais, comte de Saint-Maurice (acting)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
1 May 1779 - 3 Nov 1787	François, vicomte de Souillac	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
5 Apr 1785 - 28 Jun 1785	Camille Charles Leclerc, chevalier de Fresne	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
28 Jun 1785 - 7 Nov 1785	Chevalier de Fleury	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
5 Nov 1787 - 14 Nov 1789	Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (b. 1737 - d. 1793)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
14 Nov 1789 - 29 Jul 1790	Thomas, comte de Conway	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
29 Jul 1790 - 19 Aug 1790	Prosper de Chermont (acting)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
19 Aug 1790 - 18 Jun 1792	David Charpentier de Cossigny	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
18 Jun 1792 - 28 Jul 1800	Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, comte de Malartic (b. 1730 - d. 1800)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
28 Jul 1800 - 25 Sep 1803	François Louis Magallon de la Morlière (b. 1754 - d. 1825)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
26 Sep 1803 - 3 Dec 1810	Charles Mathieu Isidore, comte Decaen (b. 1769 - d. 1832)	Governors (of the Compagnie des Indes)
4 Dec 1810 - 20 May 1823	Robert Townsend Farquhar Farquhar) (b. 1776 - d. 1830) Acting for Farquhar:	Governors
9 Apr 1811 - 11 Jul 1811	Henry Warde	Governors
10 Nov 1817 - 10 Dec 1818	Gage Hall	Governors
10 Dec 1818 - 6 Feb 1819	John Dalrymple	Governors
6 Feb 1819 - 6 Jul 1820	Ralph Darling	Governors
20 May 1823 - 12 Jun 1823	Ralph Darling (acting)	Governors
12 Jun 1823 - 17 Jun 1828	Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole	Governors
17 Jun 1828 - 3 Feb 1833	Sir Charles Colville	Governors
4 Feb 1833 - 20 Feb 1840	Sir William Nicolay	Governors
20 Feb 1840 - 16 Jul 1840	James Power (acting)	Governors
16 Jul 1840 - 2 Jan 1842	Sir Lionel Smith	Governors
3 Jan 1842 - 21 Nov 1842	William Staveley (acting)	Governors
21 Nov 1842 - 5 May 1849	Sir William Maynard Gomm	Governors
5 May 1849 - 8 Jun 1849	Thomas Blanshard (acting)	Governors
8 Jun 1849 - 19 Oct 1850	Sir George William Anderson	Governors
19 Oct 1850 - 8 Jan 1851	William Sutherland (acting)	Governors
8 Jan 1851 - 20 Sep 1857	Sir James Macaulay Higginson	Governors
14 Apr 1854 - 18 Jan 1855	William Sutherland	Governors
18 Jan 1855 - 12 Jun 1855	C.M. Hay (acting for Higginson)	Governors
20 Sep 1857 - 9 Jan 1863	Sir William Stevenson	Governors
10 Jan 1863 - 21 Aug 1863	M.G. Johnstone (acting)	Governors
21 Aug 1863 - 3 Jun 1870	Sir Henry Barkly	Governors
4 Jun 1870 - 21 Feb 1871	Selby Smith (acting)	Governors
21 Feb 1871 - 18 Aug 1874	Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon	Governors
21 Oct 1871 - 28 Oct 1872	Edward Norton (1st time)	Governors
20 Jan 1873 - 20 Oct 1873	Edward Norton (2nd time)	Governors
18 Aug 1874 - 21 Sep 1874	Edward Norton (3rd time) (acting)	Governors
21 Sep 1874 - 31 Dec 1878	Sir Arthur Purves Phayre	Governors
31 Dec 1878 - 4 Apr 1879	Frederick Napier Broome (1st time)	Governors
4 Apr 1879 - 9 Dec 1880	Sir George Ferguson Bowen	Governors
9 Dec 1880 - 5 May 1883	Sir Frederick Napier Broome	Governors
5 May 1883 - 1 Jun 1883	Charles Bruce (acting)	Governors
1 Jun 1883 - 11 Dec 1889	Sir John Pope Hennessy Acting for Hennessy:	Governors
24 Sep 1884 - 15 Oct 1884	Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts	Governors
29 Sep 1886 - 12 Dec 1886	Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts	Governors
15 Dec 1886 - 18 Dec 1886	Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson (b. 1824 - d. 1897)	Governors
18 Dec 1886 - 2 Jul 1887	William Hanbury Hawley	Governors
2 Jul 1887 - 11 Dec 1888	Francis Fleming	Governors
11 Dec 1888 - 22 Dec 1888	T.E.A. Hall	Governors
11 Dec 1889 - 17 Dec 1889	Francis Fleming (acting)	Governors
17 Dec 1889 - 20 Dec 1889	T.E.A. Hall (acting)	Governors
21 Dec 1889 - 12 Mar 1892	Sir Charles Cameron Lees	Governors
12 Mar 1892 - 15 Jan 1897	Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham Henry Jerningham) (b. 1842 - d. 1914)	Governors
17 Jan 1894 - 24 Jul 1894	Charles Anthony King-Harman	Governors
2 Mar 1896 - 19 Sep 1896	Charles Anthony King-Harman	Governors
15 Jan 1897 - 11 May 1897	Charles Anthony King-Harman	Governors
11 May 1897 - 30 Oct 1903	Sir Charles Bruce	Governors
12 Jul 1900 - 11 May 1901	Graham John Bower (1st time)	Governors
30 Oct 1903 - 20 Aug 1904	Graham John Bower (2nd time)	Governors
20 Aug 1904 - 10 Apr 1911	Sir Cavendish Boyle	Governors
14 Apr 1906 - 14 Sep 1906	Graham John Bower (3rd time)	Governors
17 Oct 1908 - 23 Apr 1909	Graham John Bower (4th time)	Governors
10 Apr 1911 - 13 Sep 1911	George Smith (acting)	Governors
13 Sep 1911 - 28 Jan 1916	John Robert Chancellor (from 1913, Sir John Robert Chancellor) (b. 1870 - d. 1952)	Governors
10 Mar 1914 - 22 Sep 1914	John Middleton (1st time)	Governors
28 Jan 1916 - 18 May 1916	John Middleton (2nd time) (acting)	Governors
18 May 1916 - 16 Aug 1924	Sir Hesketh Bell	Governors
8 Feb 1919 - 17 Nov 1919	John Middleton (3rd time)	Governors
2 Feb 1921 - 3 Apr 1921	Edward Brandis Denham (1st time)	Governors
8 May 1922 - 3 Mar 1923	Edward Brandis Denham (2nd time)	Governors
16 Aug 1924 - 19 Feb 1925	Edward Allan Grannum (1st time)	Governors
19 Feb 1925 - 9 Dec 1929	Sir Herbert James Read	Governors
2 Sep 1926 - 17 Oct 1926	Edward Allan Grannum (2nd time)	Governors
3 Aug 1927 - 17 May 1928	Edward Allan Grannum (3rd time)	Governors
9 Dec 1929 - 30 Aug 1930	Sir Edward Allan Grannum	Governors
30 Aug 1930 - 7 Jun 1937	Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson Edward Francis Jackson) (b. 1883 - d. 1971)	Governors
24 Aug 1932 - 29 Apr 1933	Edward Walter Evans (1st time)	Governors
3 Sep 1934 - 26 Oct 1934	Edward Walter Evans (2nd time)	Governors
7 Apr 1936 - 4 Dec 1936	Edward Walter Evans (3rd time)	Governors
7 Jun 1937 - 23 Oct 1937	Edward Walter Evans (4th time)	Governors
23 Oct 1937 - 16 Apr 1942	Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford	Governors
29 Jan 1940 - 10 Sep 1940	Sydney Moody (1st time)	Governors
16 Apr 1942 - 5 Jul 1942	Sydney Moody (2nd time) (acting)	Governors
5 Jul 1942 - 5 Dec 1948	Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy	Governors
23 May 1945 - 3 Jan 1946	Sydney Moody (3rd time)	Governors
8 May 1947 - 10 Jan 1948	Sydney Moody (4th time)	Governors
5 Dec 1948 - 26 Sep 1949	James Dundas Harford (1st time)	Governors
26 Sep 1949 - 11 Jan 1954	Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood	Governors
26 Jun 1950 - 17 Nov 1950	James Dundas Harford (2nd time)	Governors
22 May 1952 - 14 Oct 1952	James Dundas Harford (3rd time)	Governors
11 Jan 1954 - 22 Mar 1954	Robert Newton (1st time) (acting)	Governors
22 Mar 1954 - 10 Jul 1959	Sir Robert Scott	Governors
8 Nov 1956 - 18 Apr 1957	Robert Newton (2nd time)	Governors
10 Jul 1959 - 2 Nov 1959	Robert Newton (3rd time) (acting)	Governors
2 Nov 1959 - 10 Jul 1962	Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell	Governors
11 Jun 1961 - 20 Jul 1961	Thomas Douglas Vickers	Governors
10 Jul 1962 - 17 Sep 1962	Thomas Douglas Vickers (2nd time)	Governors
17 Sep 1962 - 12 Mar 1968	Sir John Shaw Rennie	Governors
24 Aug 1964 - 30 Nov 1964	Thomas Douglas Vickers	Governors
11 Oct 1966 - 28 Dec 1966	Thomas Douglas Vickers	Governors
12 Mar 1968 - 27 Aug 1968	Sir John Shaw Rennie	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
27 Aug 1968 - 3 Sep 1968	Sir Michel Rivalland (acting)	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
3 Sep 1968 - 27 Dec 1972	Sir Arthur Leonard Williams	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
27 Dec 1972 - 31 Oct 1977	Raman Osman (from Feb 1973, Sir Raman Osman) (b. 1902 - d. 1992)	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
31 Oct 1977 - 23 Mar 1978	Henry Garrioch (from 31 Dec 1977, Sir Henry Garrioch) (acting) (b. 1916)	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
23 Mar 1978 - 28 Dec 1983	Dayendranath Burrenchobay (from 30 Dec 1978, Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay) (b. 1919 - d. 1999)	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
28 Dec 1983 - 15 Dec 1985	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
15 Dec 1985 - 17 Jan 1986	Sir Cassam Moollan (acting)	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
17 Jan 1986 - 12 Mar 1992	Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo	Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
12 Mar 1992 - 30 Jun 1992	Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo	Presidents
30 Jun 1992 - 15 Feb 2002	Cassam Uteem	Presidents
15 Feb 2002 - 18 Feb 2002	Angidi Chettiar (acting)	Presidents
18 Feb 2002 - 25 Feb 2002	Ariranga Pillay (acting)	Presidents
25 Feb 2002 - 1 Oct 2003	Karl Offmann	Presidents
1 Oct 2003 - 7 Oct 2003	Raouf Bundhun (acting)	Presidents
7 Oct 2003 -	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	Presidents
26 Sep 1961 - 12 Mar 1968	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (from 1965, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam) (s.a.)	Chief minister
12 Mar 1968 - 16 Jun 1982	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	Prime ministers
16 Jun 1982 - 22 Dec 1995	Anerood Jugnauth (from 1988, Sir Anerood Jugnauth) (1st time) (s.a.)	Prime ministers
22 Dec 1995 - 17 Sep 2000	Navin Ramgoolam (1st time)	Prime ministers
17 Sep 2000 - 30 Sep 2003	Sir Anerood Jugnauth (2nd time)	Prime ministers
30 Sep 2003 - 5 Jul 2005	Paul Bérenger	Prime ministers
5 Jul 2005 -	Navin Ramgoolam (2nd time)	Prime ministers

Rodrigues

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
12 Oct 2002	autonomy	Leaders
12 Oct 2002 - 4 Feb 2003	Jean Daniel Spéville	Chief commissioners
4 Feb 2003 - 4 Aug 2006	Serge Clair	Chief commissioners
4 Aug 2006 -	Johnson Roussety	Chief commissioners
24 Oct 2002 - 23 Oct 2004	Claude Wong So	Chief executives
24 Oct 2004 -	Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis	Chief executives