- Serge Clair
Louis Serge Clair (born
April 1 ,1940 ) the Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues fromFebruary 4 ,2003 until4 August ,2006 , and former minister of Rodrigues. A charismatic and visionary leader, Serge Clair, in the sixties, abandoned priesthood to pursue a career in politics. He went to Australia to further his studies. After his studies, he returned to Rodrigues to engage actively in politics.Serge Clair founded his party, the
Rodrigues People's Organisation (or OPR) in 1976. Quickly enough, he grew in popularity, and in 1982, his party won a seat in the general assembly ofMauritius for the first time. He won the elections in 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000. In 2002, he resigned from the assembly to run in the Rodrigues regional election.Rodrigues became autonomous in 2002 and established a regional assembly that participates in the general assembly of
Mauritius .
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