What is Karl Offmann?
{{Infobox President | name = <small>[[The Honourable]]</small><br />Karl Offmann | honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean|GCSK]] | image = President Offmann (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | order = [[List of Presidents of Mauritius|3rd]] [[President of Mauritius]] | primeminister = [[Anerood Jugnauth]]<br />[[Paul Bérenger]] | vicepresident = [[Raouf Bundhun]] | term_start = 25 February 2002 | term_end = 7 October 2003 | predecessor = [[Ariranga Pillay]] <small>(Acting)</small> | successor = [[Anerood Jugnauth]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|11|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Port-Louis]], [[British Mauritius]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|12|1940|11|25|df=y}} | death_place = | spouse = Marie Moutou | children = Gilles Bernard<br />Hans Eric | party = [[Militant Socialist Movement]] }} '''Karl Auguste Offmann''', [[Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean|GCSK]] (25 November 1940 &ndash; 12 March 2022) was a [[Mauritian]] [[politician]].<ref name=east>{{cite book|last=East|first=Roger|title=Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders|year=2001|publisher=Europa|location=London|isbn=978-1-85743-126-1|pages=347|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz-fXRsedPMC&dq=Karl+Offmann&pg=PA347|edition=1.|author2=Thomas, Richard J.}}</ref> He became [[President of Mauritius]] on 25 February 2002. He was president until [[Paul Bérenger]] became his [[Prime Minister of Mauritius|prime minister]] and nominated a new president on 1 October 2003. Offmann died on 12 March 2022, aged 82.<ref>[https://mbcradio.tv/article/karl-offmann-n’est-plus Karl Offmann n’est plus] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Offmann, Karl}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Mauritius]] {{bio-stub}}