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La mairie de Port Louis is in fact the municipality council of Mauritius. The municipality is located in the capital city Port Louis at Jules Koening Street. The Lord Mayor for the year 2006/2007 is Hon. Ahmed Reza Goolam Mamode Issack. The municipality of Port Louis was established in 1850. The first Mayor of the municipality in 1850 was Louis Lechelle. Every year the Lord Mayor is elected by the city council. The council of municipality consist of thirty members. Port Louis is a district and the capital city of Mauritius Island. The founder of Port Louis is known as Mahé de Labourdonnais who was also the first governor of Mauritius and the island was at this period under the rule of the French colony. Port Louis was founded around the year 1735.
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