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Ameenah Gurib

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Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [bibi amina fiːədos ɡəʁib fakim]) GCSK (born 17 October 1959) is a Mauritian politician and biodiversity scientist who served as the sixth president of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018. In December 2014, she was selected to be the presidential candidate of the Alliance Lepep. After Kailash Purryag resigned on 29 May 2015, both Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth and Leader of the Opposition Paul Berenger positively welcomed her nomination, which was unanimously approved in a vote in the National Assembly. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ameenah Gurib is the 4,783rd most popular politician (up from 14,943rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Mauritius (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Mauritian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ameenah Gurib ranks 4,783 out of 19,576. Before her are Elizabeth Tudor, Artaphernes, Horus Bird, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, and Qutalmish. After her are William, Duke of Nassau, Gaius Antonius, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Perdiccas I of Macedon, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Pelopidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ameenah Gurib ranks 50. Before her are Ali Bongo Ondimba, Kelly Lynch, Brian Thompson, Filipe Nyusi, Moza bint Nasser, and Sarah, Duchess of York. After her are Inger Nilsson, Christian Wulff, Ramón Díaz, Rigoberta Menchú, Susanna Hoffs, and Muhammad bin Nayef.

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In Mauritius

Among people born in Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib ranks 1 out of 14. After her are Prithvirajsing Roopun (1959), Anerood Jugnauth (1930), Henri Le Sidaner (1862), Kailash Purryag (1947), Maurice Piat (1941), Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900), Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (1817), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Jean Margéot (1916), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), and Paul Bérenger (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mauritius

Among politicians born in Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib ranks 1. After her are Prithvirajsing Roopun (1959), Anerood Jugnauth (1930), Kailash Purryag (1947), Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), Paul Bérenger (1945), and Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920).

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