Monique Ohsan Bellepeau

Agnès Monique Ohsan Bellepeau GOSK (born 1942) is a Mauritian politician and Vice President of Mauritius since 2010. In that capacity she was also acting President of Mauritius from 31 March 2012 to 21 July 2012.

Career

Monique Ohsan Bellepeau was a journalist and a news announcer on the national TV channel, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation.

She won the parliamentary elections and was appointed as Vice President on 12 November 2010 following the death of Vice President Angidi Chettiar. She was elected unanimously by all members of the National Assembly to be become the first female Vice President of Mauritius. She was a member of the Mauritian Labor Party and later became the President of the Party. She is the daughter of Bartholomée Ohsan, who was a founding member of the party.

On March 30, 2012, Mauritius president Anerood Jugnauth resigned after a feud with the country's prime minister, leaving the presidential chair to vice-president Monique Ohsan Bellepeau.^[1] She was succeeded as President by Kailash Purryag in July 2012.

Private life

She was married to Yves Joseph Bellepeau, who was a businessman and who died three days after she was sworn in as Vice President. He died on 16 November 2010.

Honours and decorations

• Grand Officer of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2009). She therefore uses the honorific suffix (GOSK).^[2]

References

v t e Vice Presidents of Mauritius Rabindranath Ghurburrun (1992-1997) Angidi Chettiar (1997-2002) Raouf Bundhun (2002-2007) Angidi Chettiar (2007-2010) Monique Ohsan Bellepeau (2010-Present) Category Commons

v t e Heads of State of Mauritius (List) Monarchy Elizabeth II Republic Veerasamy Ringadoo Cassam Uteem Angidi Chettiar^* Ariranga Pillay^* Karl Offmann Raouf Bundhun^* Anerood Jugnauth Monique Ohsan Bellepeau^* Kailash Purryag ^* Acting President