List of speakers of the National Assembly of Mauritius explained

Speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius is the presiding officer in the National Assembly. The speaker is elected by the members of the National Assembly and does not have to be a member of the National Assembly.[1]

Below is a list of speakers of the National Assembly (until 1992 the Legislative Assembly) of Mauritius:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Sir Robert Stanley26 February 195721 March 1960Stanley was the first speaker[2]
Sir Harilal Vaghjee22 March 196025 May 1979Vaghjee was the first Mauritian speaker
Sir Ramesh Jeewoolall5 June 197917 June 1982
Alan Ganoo18 June 19824 September 1983
Ajay Daby15 September 19834 December 1990
Iswardeo Seetaram4 December 199011 January 1996
Alan Ganoo12 January 199617 January 1996
Sir Ramesh Jeewoolall23 January 19962 October 2000
Premnath Ramnah3 October 200027 April 2005
Kailash Purryag12 July 200523 July 2012
Razack Peeroo24 July 20128 November 2014
Maya Hanoomanjee22 December 201421 November 2019
Sooroojdev Phokeer21 November 201917 July 2024
Adrien Charles Duval18 July 2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Assembly - The Speaker . 10 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810194631/http://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/English/AboutUs/roles/Pages/The-Speaker.aspx . 2020-08-10 .
  2. Web site: National Assembly - Former Speakers. 11 January 2019. National Assembly of Mauritius.