Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare (Mauritius)
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare is a cabinet-level division of the Government of Mauritius. As of November 2024, the minister responsible is Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie.[1]
Name
The department has been known under several different names, including:
- Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare[1]
- Ministry of Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare[2]
Ministers
In 1991, Sheilabai Bappoo began serving as Minister for Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare. She left the ministry in 1995.[2]
From September 2000 until July 2005, Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie served as Minister of Women’s Rights, Child Development & Family Welfare.[3]
The position was held by Bappoo as the Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare from May 2010 until August 2011,[2] when she was succeeded by Maria Francesca Mireille Martin until December 2014.[4] Marie Aurore Marie-Joyce Perraud then served as minister until December 2016.[5]
The position was held by Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo from January 2017 until November that same year.[6] She was succeeded by lawyer Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus,[7] however, she was removed from the position in July 2018 after an inquiry accused her of meeting with jailed drug traffickers who were not her clients. Jeewa-Daureeawoo took up the position again,[8] and remained Minister until November 2019.[6]
From November 2019 to October 2024, Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare.[9]
In November 2024, Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie was appointed Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare.
List of ministers
| Name | Term of office | Portfolio name | Party | Prime minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra | 15 June 1982 |
11 March 1983 |
Women's Rights and Family Welfare | MMM | A. Jugnauth | |
| Sheilabai Bappoo | 27 August 1983 |
30 September 1991 |
MSM | |||
| 30 September 1991 |
27 December 1995 |
Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare | ||||
| Indira Thacoor Sidaya | 30 December 1995 |
17 September 2000 |
Women, Child Development and Family Welfare |
PTR | N. Ramgoolam | |
| Arianne Navarre-Marie | 17 September 2000 |
5 July 2005 |
Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare |
MMM | A. Jugnauth | |
| Bérenger | ||||||
| Indranee Seebun | 7 July 2005 |
13 September 2008 |
Women's Rights, Child Development, Family Welfare and Consumer Protection |
PTR | N. Ramgoolam | |
| 13 September 2008 |
10 May 2010 |
Women's Rights, Child Development and Family Welfare | ||||
| Sheilabai Bappoo | 10 May 2010 |
18 August 2011 |
Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare |
PTR | ||
| Mireille Martin | 18 August 2011 |
13 December 2014 |
PTR | |||
| Aurore Marie-Joyce Perraud | 17 December 2014 |
19 December 2016 |
PMSD | A. Jugnauth | ||
| Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo | 19 December 2016 |
16 November 2017 |
MSM | |||
| P. Jugnauth | ||||||
| Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus | 16 November 2017 |
17 July 2018 |
MSM | |||
| Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo | 17 July 2018 |
12 November 2019 |
MSM | |||
| Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah | 12 November 2019 |
13 November 2024 |
Gender Equality and Family Welfare | MSM | ||
| Arianne Navarre-Marie | 22 November 2024 |
Incumbent | MMM | N. Ramgoolam | ||
References
- ^ a b "The Minister". Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bio-data of Honourable Sheilabai BAPPOO, GOSK, MP". National Assembly of Mauritius. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Hon. Marie Arianne NAVARRE-MARIE". Mauritius National Assembly. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Honourable Mrs Maria Francesca Mireille Martin". Mauritius National Assembly. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Bio-data of Honourable Mrs Marie Aurore Marie-Joyce PERRAUD, MP". Mauritius National Assembly. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b "The Minister". Ministry of Social Security and National Solidarity. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Cabinet reshuffle : Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus minister, Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo Vice Prime Minister". Le Défi Plus. 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Mauritius minister resigns after commission of inquiry on drugs". Africanews. 28 July 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Bio-data of Honourable Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah, MP". Mauritius National Assembly. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
