# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kailash-purryag
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:05:13.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kailash-purryag"
name: "Kailash Purryag"
slug: "kailash-purryag"
description: "Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK, also known as Kailash Purryag, was a Mauritian politician who served as the fifth president of Mauritius from July 2012 to May 2015. He was elected president of Mauritius by the National Assembly and took office on 21 July 2012. He succeeded Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who spent nine years as president from 2003 until resigning in March 2012. Kailash Purryag previously served as Member of Parliament, Minister and Speaker of the National Assembly; he made his debut in the political arena at an early age in 1976."
tagline: "President of Mauritius from 2012 to 2015"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/President_of_the_Republic_of_Mauritius%2C_Mr._Rajkeswur_Purryag_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-12-12"
deathDate: "2025-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.75
  historical:           20.15158533333334
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump