Monique Ohsan Bellepeau
Monique Agnès Ohsan Bellepeau (birth name: Monique Agnès Ohsan ; * 1942 in Mauritius ) is a politician from Mauritius who was Vice President from 2010 to 2016 and Acting President of the Republic of Mauritius in 2012 and 2015 .
Life
Monique Ohsan, whose father Bartholomée Ohsan was a co-founder of the Labor Party (Parti Travailliste) , completed her school education at the Loreto Convent in Quatre Bornes . She was a journalist and presenter at the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) from 1965 to 1967 and at the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce from 1972 to 1973 , before working for the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration from 1978 to 1985 . After her return, she worked again as a presenter for the television station MBC between 1987 and 1993. In 1990 she herself joined the Labor Party and was elected a member of the National Assembly in 1995 and served as Junior Minister for Urban and Rural Development in the government of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam between 1995 and 2000 . For her services, she became a Grand Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (GOSK) in 1997. She was then the managing director of a company between 2002 and 2010 and president of the Labor Party from 2007 to 2010.
On November 11, 2010, Monique Ohsan Bellepeau was elected Vice-President of the National Assembly to succeed Angidi Chettiar and sworn in on November 13, 2010. After Anerood Jugnauth's resignation on March 30, 2012, she held the post of Acting President of the Republic of Mauritius for the first time from March 31 to July 21, 2012 when Kailash Purryag took office . After Purryag had also resigned on May 29, 2015, she held the post of provisional state president again between May 29 and the inauguration of Ameenah Gurib on June 5, 2015. She held the office of Vice President until March 29, 2016, when she was replaced by Barlen Vyapoory .
Her marriage to the entrepreneur Joseph Yves Bellepeau, who died on November 16, 2010, had two sons.
Web links
- Vice President Monique Agnes OHSAN BELLEPEAU on the government website (archive version from June 20, 2015)
- Entry in rulers.org
- Entry in the Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Individual evidence
- ↑ November 11, 2010
- ↑ Tom Lansford (editor): Political Handbook of the World 2014 , CQ Press, 2014, p. 926, ISBN 1-4833-8626-0
- ↑ MONIQUE OHSAN-BELLEPEAU: UNE FEMME A LA STATE HOUSE LE DIMANCHE / L'HEBDO (April 7, 2012)
- ↑ March 30, 2012
- ^ Mauritius: Presidents
- ↑ May 29, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ohsan Bellepeau, Monique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ohsan Bellepeau, Monique Agnès (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mauritian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mauritius |