Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
17 October 1959 – present
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is a Mauritian biodiversity scientist and politician who served as the sixth President of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018, the first woman to hold the office. An organic chemist specialising in the medicinal and aromatic plants of the Indian Ocean islands, she was a professor and dean at the University of Mauritius and received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2007.
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Life events
She was born in the village of Surinam in the south of Mauritius.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe completed a bachelor's degree in chemistry in the United Kingdom.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer doctoral work was in organic chemistry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe returned to Mauritius and began an academic career researching the island's medicinal and aromatic plants.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe became the first woman to serve as dean of science at the University of Mauritius and was later pro-vice-chancellor.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe was the laureate for Africa and the Arab States for her work on the medicinal plants of Mauritius.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe became the first woman to hold the largely ceremonial office of President of Mauritius.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe left office following a dispute over her use of a credit card provided by a charitable organisation.
Source: en.wikipedia.org