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Mauritanian independence
Mauritanian independence: Mauritania became the sovereign Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 28 November 1960 under the Paris agreement of 19 October 1960, proclaimed by Moktar Ould Daddah, who faced Moroccan non-recognition until 1969 and UN membership only in 1961.
Mauritanian land reforms
The Mauritanian land reforms are the laws, centered on Ordinance No. 83.127 of 1983, that abolished traditional land tenure and opened ownership to individual Mauritanians.
Mauritanian ouguiya
The Mauritanian ouguiya is the currency of Mauritania, introduced in 1973 to replace the CFA franc and divided into five khoums rather than hundredths, one of only two such currencies.
Mauritanian People's Party
The Mauritanian People's Party (Parti du Peuple Mauritanien) was Mauritania's single party, founded by President Moktar Ould Daddah in 1961 and dissolved by coup in 1978.
Mauritian Creole
Mauritian Creole, or Kreol Morisien, is a French-based creole language spoken as the main everyday language of Mauritius, where 90% of residents speak it at home.
Mauritian independence movement
Mauritian independence movement: negotiated decolonization of British Mauritius, culminating in independence 12 March 1968 under Ramgoolam, decided by the 1967 election, with the Chagos detached in 1965.
Mauritian Militant Movement
Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), Mauritian left-wing socialist party founded September 1969 by Paul Bérenger and Dev Virahsawmy; won the 1982 60-0 landslide, split in 1983 creating the MSM, and returned to power in the 2024 Alliance for Change.
Mauritian rupee
The Mauritian rupee (ISO code MUR, sign Rs) is the currency of Mauritius, divided into 100 cents and issued solely by the Bank of Mauritius since 1967.
Mauritians
Mauritians, also known as the Mauritian people or people of Mauritius, are the nationals and inhabitants of Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island nation whose population descends entirely from migration.
Mauritius
Mauritius, island nation in the Indian Ocean (Mascarenes, with Rodrigues), independent 1968, republic 1992. Upper-middle-income diversified economy (tourism, financial services), population about 1.24 million, stable Westminster democracy.
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), created in 1964, is Mauritius' national public broadcaster, running 19 television and 8 radio channels, including for Rodrigues and Agalega.
Maurits A. Allessie
Maurits A. Allessie (born 1945) is a Dutch physiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist at Maastricht University who developed the leading circle model and showed that atrial fibrillation begets atrial fibrillation.
Maurits Crucq
Maurits Bourgon Crucq, Dutch field hockey defender born 1968 in Voorburg; Olympic bronze 1988 Seoul and gold 1996 Atlanta, 1990 World Cup champion, 132 Netherlands caps, later a KLM civil aviation pilot.
Mauritz Eriksson
Mauritz Eriksson (Axel Mauritz Eriksson), Swedish rifle shooter, 1888-1947, of Stockholm club Södermalm Liljeholmens Skf; Olympic gold 1912 team free rifle, silver and three bronzes across 1912-1924, and six World Championship golds.
Maurizio Arrivabene
Maurizio Arrivabene, Italian businessman, Ferrari F1 team principal 2014-2019 (replacing Mattiacci, succeeded by Binotto), ex-Philip Morris marketing executive, later Juventus CEO until the November 2022 board resignation.
Maurizio Borletti
Maurizio Borletti is an Italian retail entrepreneur and investor who led the buyouts of La Rinascente and Printemps and chaired Grandi Stazioni Retail from 2016 to 2024.
Maurizio Brunori
Maurizio Brunori, born in Rome in 1937, is an Italian biochemist and biophysicist known for work on hemoglobin allostery and neuroglobin, and professor emeritus at Sapienza University of Rome.
Maurizio Calvesi (art historian, 1927–2020)
Maurizio Calvesi (1927–2020) was an Italian art historian who taught at Palermo and Rome, studied Caravaggio, Dürer, and Duchamp, and won the 2008 Balzan Prize.
Maurizio Calvesi (cinematographer, born 1954)
Maurizio Calvesi (born 1954, Rome) is an Italian cinematographer, AIC member, known for Loose Cannons, The Confessions, Don't Be Bad; Nastro d'Argento 2016, five David di Donatello nominations, Golden Exposure Award 2025 for L'abbaglio. Distinct from the art historian Maurizio Calvesi (1927–2020).
Maurizio Carnino
Maurizio Carnino, born 1975 in Turin, Italian short track speed skater; Olympic 5000 m relay gold at Lillehammer 1994 and silver at Salt Lake City 2002; six European titles; later long track Olympian in 2006 and national team coach.
Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960, Padua) is a self-taught Italian conceptual artist of hyperrealistic sculpture and satire, creator of La Nona Ora, Him, the gold toilet America, and Comedian, the duct-taped banana that sold for $6.2 million in 2024.
Maurizio Corbetta
Maurizio Corbetta, born 1961, is an Italian cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist at the University of Padua known for identifying the brain's dorsal and ventral attention networks.
Maurizio Damilano
Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker born 1957 in Scarnafigi, Cuneo; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold in the 20 km walk, bronze 1984 and 1988, world champion 1987 and 1991, nine track world records.
Maurizio Fava
Maurizio Fava is an Italian-trained psychiatrist who chairs the Mass General Brigham Department of Psychiatry and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.
Maurizio Gucci
Maurizio Gucci (1948–1995), grandson of founder Guccio Gucci, last family head of the Gucci fashion house; inherited 50% in 1983, sold to Investcorp in 1993, murdered in Milan in 1995 by a hitman hired by ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani.
Maurizio Leo
Maurizio Leo is an Italian politician serving as Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, where he oversees Italy's tax reform, has rejected wealth tax proposals, and denied the budget needs corrective measures.
Maurizio Lombardi
Maurizio Lombardi (born 1973, Florence) is an Italian actor, playwright, and director: Cardinal Assente in The Young Pope/The New Pope, Ripley (Netflix 2024), Blade Runner 2099, Nastro d'Argento winner, one-man show Ho visto cose.
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari is a cell biologist who leads the Protein Folding and Quality Control group at IRB Bellinzona, studying how misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum are degraded.
Maurizio Prato
Maurizio Prato is an Italian organic chemist known for the Prato reaction, the standard method for functionalizing fullerenes, and for work on carbon nanotubes and graphene.
Maurizio Randazzo
Maurizio Randazzo (born 1964, Santa Caterina Villarmosa) is an Italian épée fencer who won Olympic team gold at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 and three world team titles (1989, 1990, 1993), later a lawyer and federation official.