Karl Auguste Offmann, GCSK (25 November 1940 – 12 March 2022) was a Mauritian politician who briefly served as the president of Mauritius from 2002 to 2003.

[1] After two of his successive predecessors had resigned over their refusal to sign a controversial anti-terrorism bill, the parliament elected Offmann to serve as the third president on 25 February 2002.

Offman joined the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative in 1957, where he became deeply involved in the overall strategy of the movement with regard to its information campaign and training programme.

[citation needed] The programme was in favour of the working youth of the Indian Ocean Islands and on the African Continent as well on the international scene.

From 1966 to 1968, he was responsible for coordinating JOCI activities within the Indian Ocean Islands and from 1966 to 1969, he was a Member of the African Team and of the executive committee.

It was only during the period 1966 to 1969, while he was the coordinator of activities within the Indian Ocean Islands that he took two years’ leave from in order to devote himself fully to social and voluntary work.

One of the highlights of this period was the Meeting of the JOCI Indian Ocean Islands in 1967 which was attended by, among others, a South African delegate during the days of apartheid.

In September 1991 he was elected in Constituency No.16 as candidate of MSM-MMM coalition, defeating his rivals Sir Gaetan Duval, Marie-France Roussety and Motteepath Fowdur.

Offmann was married to Marie Rose Danielle Moutou and they had two sons, Gilles Bernard and Hans Erick.