# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ameenah-gurib-fakim
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:22:07.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ameenah-gurib-fakim"
name: "Ameenah Gurib-Fakim"
slug: "ameenah-gurib-fakim"
description: "Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim GCSK is a Mauritian politician and biodiversity scientist who served as the sixth president of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018. In December 2014, she was selected to be the presidential candidate of the Alliance Lepep. After Kailash Purryag resigned on 29 May 2015, both Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth and Leader of the Opposition Paul Berenger positively welcomed her nomination, which was unanimously approved in a vote in the National Assembly."
tagline: "Scientist and president of Mauritius"
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birthDate: "1959-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump