11 Facts About Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra is a British-born Mauritian lawyer, politician and diplomat.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra is the head of the Public Bodies Appeal Tribunal, which settles disputes of civil servants and local communities in matters related to recruitment and sanctions since 2009.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra was Minister of Women's Rights and Family Affairs from 1982 to 1983, and became the Mayor of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in 1987.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra was Ombudsman for protection of children's rights from 2004 to 2011.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra 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.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra was a women's activist in her early years and started Ligue Feministe in 1974, Solidarite Femmes in Mauritius in 1977.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra was the first Muslim woman to be elected as MP and to serve a ministerial position.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra became the Mayor of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in 1987.

Between 1992 and 1995, Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra served as the Ambassador of Mauritius to Paris, Rome, Madrid and Lisbon.

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra held the position of Ombudsman for protection of children rights from 2004 to 2011.

In March 2018, the PBAT's governance was reshuffled, and Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra's mandate was renewed.