title: Joanna Bérenger
text: # Joanna Bérenger
  
  Joanna Marie Bérenger (born in 1989), also known as Joanna Bérenger is a Mauritian politician.
  
  ## Early life and career
  
  Joanna Bérenger is the daughter of Paul Bérenger and Arline Perrier. She has worked as a Project Manager of private enterprise Omnicane Limited, on the Mon-Trésor Smart City Project.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Joanna claims to have been involved in political activities in Vacoas since 2010. At the 07 November 2019 general elections she was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the MMM at Constituency No.16 Vacoas-Floréal. In October 2019 Joanna's father Paul Bérenger implored voters of Constituency No.16 to vote for his daughter, especially given that she was pregnant.
  
  ## Controversies
  
  During the campaign leading up to the 2019 General Elections, MMM candidate Joanna Bérenger was the subject of a news article titled Zak dans tante (literally meaning "Jackfruit in the basket" and casting doubt about the legitimacy of the unborn child), about her pregnancy and imminent entry into Parliament as a pregnant woman. Journalist Hansa Nancoo later clarified that she had not meant to hurt Joanna Bérenger, and that the title was only meant to act as "click-bait". Newspaper publisher L'Express later apologised.
  
  