Maya Hanoomanjee
Maya Hanoomanjee | |
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Hanoomanjee in 2018 | |
| Speaker of the National Assembly | |
| In office 22 December 2014 – 21 November 2019 | |
| Deputy | Adrien Duval Sanjeev Teeluckdharry Bobby Hurreeram Joe Lesjongard |
| Preceded by | Razack Peeroo |
| Succeeded by | Sooroojdev Phokeer |
| Minister of Health and Quality of Life | |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 26 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Preceded by | Rajesh Jeetah |
| High Commissioner of Mauritius to India | |
| In office 21 May 2020 – 6 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jagdishwar Goburdhun |
| Succeeded by | Haymandoyal Dillum |
| In office 12 May 2005 – 6 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Prithvirajsing Roopun |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lesjongard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1952 |
| Party | Militant Socialist Movement |
Santi Bai Hanoomanjee GCSK (née Ghose; born 5 October 1952), commonly known as Maya Hanoomanjee, is a Mauritian politician and diplomat who served as speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius from December 2014 to November 2019.
Hanoomanjee is a former civil servant and retired in 2005 as a Permanent Secretary before officially joining the Militant Socialist Movement and becoming elected as an MP. She served as the Permanent Secretary for Finance and Health in that time. She was appointed as minister of Health and Quality of Life in May 2010 in the coalition government of Navin Ramgoolam, until she resigned in July 2011 following her involvement in the MedPoint affair.
Following her defeat in her constituency in 2014, she was chosen and elected as the first female speaker of the National Assembly. After her time in the office, Hanoomanjee was appointed as the high commissioner of Mauritius to India from 2020 until 2022.