Monarchy of Mauritius

Monarchy of Mauritius
Coat of Arms of Mauritius

Queen Elizabeth II of Mauritius
Details
Style	Her Majesty
First monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Last monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Formation	12 March 1968
Abolition	12 March 1992
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Mauritius Government House
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of Mauritius (the Mauritian monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of the Mauritius from 1968 to 1992. Mauritius shared the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Mauritius. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.

The monarchy was abolished in 1992, when Mauritius became a republic within the Commonwealth. To date, this is the most recent Commonwealth realm to become a republic.

History

The Monarch of Mauritius was created by the Mauritius Independence Act 1968 which transformed the British Crown Colony of Mauritius into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Mauritius. Mauritius adopted a new constitution in 1992 that abolished the monarchy.

List of monarchs

Portrait	Name	Birth	Death	Monarch from	Monarch until	Consort	Heir apparent
House of Windsor
	Queen Elizabeth II	21 April 1926		12 March 1968	12 March 1992	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Charles, Prince of Wales

Titles

Titles
Elizabeth II 12 March 1968 – 15 April 1968 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 15 April 1968 – 12 March 1992 By the Grace of God, Queen of Mauritius and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

Visits

1972 (24-26 March): as Queen of Mauritius

References

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