Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra
Speaker of the National Assembly
Assumed office
29 November 2024
DeputyVeda Balamoody
Preceded byAdrien Duval
Attorney General
Minister of Justice
In office
15 June 1982 – 11 March 1983
Prime MinisterAnerood Jugnauth
Preceded byPaul Chong Leung
Succeeded byKader Bhayat
Minister of Women’s Rights and Family Affairs
In office
15 June 1982 – 11 March 1983
Prime MinisterAnerood Jugnauth
Succeeded bySheilabai Bappoo
In office
20 December 1976 – 6 August 1991
Preceded byCyril Leckning
Succeeded byPaul Bérenger
Mayor of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
In office
1987–1987
Ombudsman for Protection of Children
In office
2004–2011
Personal details
Born15 October 1948
British Mauritius
Political partyMauritian Militant Movement
OccupationLawyer and Child Protection activist

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra is a British-born Mauritian lawyer, politician and diplomat. She is the head of the Public Bodies Appeal Tribunal (PBAT), which settles disputes of civil servants and local communities in matters related to recruitment and sanctions since 2009. She was Minister of Women’s Rights and Family Affairs from 1982 to 1983, and became the Mayor of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in 1987. She was Ombudsman for protection of children's rights from 2004 to 2011. She was the first Muslim woman to be elected as a member of the National Assembly and in a ministerial position in mauritius and currently the first muslim woman to be speaker of the National Assembly


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