Louis Serge Clair (born April 1, 1940) was the

Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues The chief commissioner of Rodrigues () is the gubernatorial head of the region of Rodrigues since it gained autonomy within the Republic of Mauritius on 12 October 2002. The commissioner is selected from the party holding the majority of seats a ...

from February 4, 2003 until 4 August 2006, and former minister of Rodrigues. Serge Clair, in the 1960s, abandoned priesthood to pursue a career in politics. He went to Australia to further his studies. After his studies, he returned to Rodrigues to engage actively in politics. Serge Clair founded his party, the

Rodrigues People's Organisation The Rodrigues People's Organisation (, OPR) is a political party based on the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius. At the legislative elections of 11 September 2000, the party won two out of 70 seats (both the seats allocated to Rodrigues Island). I ...

(or OPR) in 1976. Quickly enough, he grew in popularity, and in 1982, his party won a seat in the general assembly of

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for the first time. He won the elections in 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 2000. In 2002, he resigned from the assembly to run in the Rodrigues regional election. Rodrigues became autonomous in 2002 and established a regional assembly that participates in the general assembly of

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