Maya Hanoomanjee
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Maya Hanoomanjee मायाहानोमानजेे GCSK |
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| Speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius | |
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Assumed office 22 December 2014 |
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| President |
Kailash Purryag Ameenah Gurib-Fakim |
| Deputy | Adrien Charles Duval |
| Preceded by | Razack Peeroo |
| Minister of Health of Mauritius | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 25 July 2011 |
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| President | Sir Anerood Jugnauth |
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Preceded by | Rajesh Jeetah |
| 2nd Member of Parliament for Black River & La Savanne |
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In office 5 July 2005 – 10 December 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
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5 October 1952 British Mauritius |
| Political party | Militant Socialist Movement |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
Santi Bai 'Maya' Hanoomanjee GCSK (Hindi:माया हानोोमानजेे Born GHOSE, on 5 November 1952) is a Mauritian politician and former Civil Servant who was elected as speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius in December 2014. She is the first woman to hold this constitutional office and accordingly is the 2nd ranked female in the republic after President Ameenah Gurib. She is a former Minister of Health of Mauritius who served from 11 May 2010 until the coalition government of Mauritian Labour Party & Militant Socialist Movement broke in July 2011. She served in Navin Ramgoolam's Cabinet. She served as 2nd Member of Parliament elected in constituency no 14, Black River & La Savanne from 2005 to 2014. She is a member of the MSM and is the first woman to hold the office of Speaker.
Hanoomanjee is a former civil servant and retired in 2005 as a Permanent Secretary just before officially joining the MSM. She served as the Permanent Secretary for Finance and Health in that time. She was decorated on 2015 national day by President Kailash Purryag and was made Grand Commander of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (GCSK). Maya Hanoomanjee has been married for 40 years and has three daughters.
Hanoomanjee was born in the Ghose family related to the Ballah family. She is the first cousin of Sarojini Ballah and sister-in-law of Anerood Jugnauth. She is also the first cousin once removed of the current prime minister Pravind Jugnauth. She had her primary education in Aryan Vedic Aided School in Vacoas, secondary education at Queen Elizabeth College, Rose Hill and completed her degree at University of Mauritius. She was a civil servant from 1971 to 2005 and retired as a Permanent Secretary in May 2005. During her tenure as a civil servant, she served as the Chairperson of the Tea Board from 1996 to 2004, Chairperson of the Farmers Service Commission from 1998 to 2004, Chairperson of the Sugar Planter’s Mechanical Pool Corporation from 1997 to 2004, Chairperson of the Mauritius Sugar Authority - 2001 to May 2005 and was the first Chairperson of the Mauritius Revenue Authority from 2004 to May 2005. She was also a board member in various committees. In the same capacity, she represented Mauritius in discussions at ACP-EU level in Sugar Protocol issues, lobbying missions in EU countries regarding Sugar Protocol, negotiations at WTO regarding trade issues and part of several international summits and conferences.
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