Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues

Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues
Chef Commissaire
Flag of Rodrigues
Incumbent Franceau Grandcourt since 6 March 2024
Nominator	Leader of the largest party in the Regional Assembly
Appointer	President of Mauritius
Term length	5 years or earlier, renewable
Inaugural holder	Jean Daniel Spéville
Formation	10 December 2002;22 years ago (2002-12-10)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Commissioner

The chief commissioner of Rodrigues (French : chef commissaire de Rodrigues) is the gubernatorial head of the region of Rodrigues since it gained autonomy within the Republic of Mauritius on 12 October 2002. The commissioner is selected from the party holding the majority of seats at the regional assembly.

Overview

Responsibilities

Since 5 March 2012, the chief commissioner Johnson Roussety was assigned the following responsibilities. ^[1]

• Central Administration
• Civil Aviation (Administration)
• Civil Status
• Customs and Excise (Administration)
• Judicial (Administration)
• Legal Services
• Marine Services (Administration)
• Meteorology (Administration)
• Education (Administration)
• Arts and Culture
• Historical sites and Buildings
• State Lands
• Town and Country Planning
• Fire Services
• Prisons and Reform Institutions (Administration)
• Cooperatives
• Agriculture
• Food Production
• Plant and Animal Quarantine
• Statistics in respect of Rodrigues
• Registration
• Postal Services (Administration)

List of chief commissioners

No.	Portrait	Name [2] [3]	Election	Tenure			Party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Jean Daniel Spéville	2002	12 October 2002	4 February 2003	115 days		OPR
2		Serge Clair		4 February 2003	4 August 2006	3 years, 181 days		OPR
3		Johnson Roussety		4 August 2006	10 December 2006	4 years, 161 days		MR
			2006	10 December 2006	12 January 2011
4		Gaëtan Jabeemissar		12 January 2011	11 February 2012	1 year, 30 days		MR
(2)		Serge Clair	2012	11 February 2012	12 February 2017	10 years, 22 days		OPR
			2017	12 February 2012	5 March 2022
(3)		Johnson Roussety	2022	5 March 2022	6 March 2024 [4]	2 years, 1 day		FPR
5		Franceau Grandcourt		6 March 2024 [5]	Incumbent	1 year, 160 days		UPR

See also

• Africa portal
• Politics portal

• Chief Executive of Rodrigues
• Politics of Mauritius

References

1. "Rodrigues : Johnson Roussety a pris ses fonctions de chef commissaire".
2. "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
3. "Chief Commissioners". Rulers.org. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
4. "Franceau Grandcourt, nouveau Chef Commissaire de Rodrigues". Le Defi Media Group (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
5. "Rodrigues : Franceau Grandcourt dans le fauteuil de chef commissaire". lexpress.mu (in French). 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-11-13.