List of mayors of Port Louis
The following is a list of Lord mayors of the city of Port Louis on the island of Mauritius. The island was under French rule until 1810, when the British took power. Mauritius became independent in 1968.
- Thomas Enouf, circa 1790[1]
- ?
- Louis Léchelle, 1850-1853, 1856[2]
- G. Fropier, 1854-1855[3]
- E. Pipon, 1856
- H. Lemiere, 1857, 1863-1864
- A. Edwards, 1858
- P.N. Charon, 1859, 1865
- G. de Courson, 1860-1862
- C. Pitot, 1866
- E. Francois, 1868-1869, circa 1873-1874
- E. Ducray, 1870-1872
- ?
- Eugène Laurent, 1905-1919[4][5]
- ?
- Eddy J. Changkye, 1959-1960
- Fritz Thomas, Lord Mayor, 2007-2008
- Mahen Goondea, lord mayor, circa 2009
- ?
- Mohammad Oumar Kholeegan, 2015-2017
- Daniel Eric Clive Laurent, lord mayor, 2017–present[6]
References
- "History of the City". Mccpl.mu. City Council of Port Louis. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017.
- "Il y a 150 ans, P.-Louis perdait son 1er maire", Lexpress.mu (in French), 24 April 2006
- Mauritius Almanac 1874.
- "When Eugène Laurent was the 'King' of a frenzied mob", Lemauricien.com, 26 December 2016
- Blue Book for the Colony of Mauritius: 1907. Port Louis. 1908. OCLC 18922692 – via HathiTrust.
- "Élections, Municipalité de Port-Louis: Daniel Laurent élu lord-maire", Lemauricien.com (in French), 28 June 2017
- This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- "Municipality of Port Louis: List of mayors and deputy-mayors from 1850". Mauritius Almanac and Colonial Register. 1874.
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