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92-399: The coalition which was firstly made in 2000, was known as the "Medpoint Deal" and was formed by former Prime Minister and President Sir Anerood Jugnauth on 14 August 2000. It was the most famous political alliance that Mauritian Politics ever had. It was the first time that the country was experiencing a social change, Paul Berenger would become prime minister out of this deal and would be

184-498: A 20-minute speech given to the members of parliament stating that he was leaving the office to make room for a new prime minister. "Everything said and done about me, I am proud to go down in history as a no-nonsense, honest and dedicated prime minister having done my duty in good faith and without fear or favour. I have understood our political adversaries and, taken at its most, all divergent views and attitudes have been mere manifestations to our democracy at its best", said Jugnauth in

276-628: A Labour Party-MMM alliance, which are considered as the two biggest parties (through their significant electorates) in the country. The MSM which lost much of its rural electorate was since Jugnauth's retirement considered the third national party. It nevertheless got its core electorate (from the 1980s) back following its appeal to vote for Jugnauth for a last time as he announced it would be the last election he would contest due to his advanced age. On 12 September 2016, Jugnauth announced that he would be resigning as prime minister very soon due to his advanced age. On 23 January 2017 he resigned and made his son

368-547: A non-Hindu to hold the office of prime minister. Sir Anerood Jugnauth made another deal within the MSM/MMM deal in 2003. He did not need to resign from office but for the sake of his son he accepted his departure. This deal was made upon the leadership of Jugnauth and Offmann who were both Head of State and Head of government. Karl Offmann agreed to step down as president in favor that Sir Anerood became his successor. In order to become prime minister, Paul Berenger had to announce

460-512: A note. He expressed his sincere apologies and assured the population that he shall not commit such a mistake in the future. In 1995, months before the general elections which Jugnauth would lose, the then government gave a contract to Sun Trust Building (owned by the Jugnauth family) for a period of 10 years. This was controversial as Jugnauth was the owner of the Building and at the same time

552-523: A pictorial biography of the President himself showing his path from small age poor child to him being President of Mauritius in 2010 leaving behind him a rich career as one of the leaders of the country. The biography is entitled The Rise of a Common Man . Present at the ceremony were former prime minister Navin Ramgoolam , Vice Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and other ministers as well as friends of

644-456: A proposed sharing of the prime ministerial post between MSM leader Jugnauth and MMM leader Bérenger. Under this arrangement, Jugnauth would hold the post of prime minister for the first three years and Bérenger for the remaining two years. After surrendering the premiership to Paul Bérenger , Jugnauth would be called to assume the function of President of the Republic after reforms to strengthen

736-478: A republic on 12 March 1992, the president became the head of state . The president holds prerogative powers which includes summoning, prorogation and dissolution of parliament including appointment of the prime minister and Cabinet. The prime minister has the constitutional duty to advise him/her when to exercise these prerogatives. During the British Mauritius period, it was the chief minister who

828-463: A scandal erupted when the Bank of Mauritius issued a new Rs 20 note having the portrait of Sarojini Jugnauth . It was considered to be a birthday gift from Anerood to his wife. This was a major controversy whereby Jugnauth himself had to apologise in parliament to a private notice question from the opposition. He confirmed that he had reluctantly agreed to the proposal of the Bank of Mauritius to issue such

920-566: A second attempt on 3 March 1989 at a temple in Ganga Talao when armed with a razor blade and disguised as a Hindu pilgrim, Iqbal Ghani assaulted Prime Minister Jugnauth. Both attempts were believed to be the result of drug cartels, against whom Jugnauth was leading a crack-down. Jugnauth was the owner of a building company on Mauritius, located at the Sun Trust Building situated at La Rue Edith Cavell, Port Louis. This building

1012-611: A second term in 2008. Shortly after, during the by-election of 2008 in constituency No 8, the Militant Socialist Movement won with the support of the Labour Party and Pravind Jugnauth returned as MP for that constituency. In 2010, two days after his 80th birthday, the Labour-MSM-PMSD alliance was made and Navin Ramgoolam dissolved the parliament in respect of general elections. The alliance won

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1104-420: A snap election for 20 December. Candidates had to be nominated by 4 December, and the campaign was officially opened on 5 December. A record 506 candidates entered the fray in which some 42 parties and independents participated. A landslide victory for the opposition ended Jugnauth's rule as prime minister which had lasted since 1982. The Labour Party - Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) alliance captured all 60 of

1196-817: A time when there were 40 Constituencies in the island in October 1963 and was candidate of the Independent Forward Bloc (IFB). In 1964, he was one of the founders of All Mauritius Hindu Congress but continued to serve in Seewoosagur Ramgoolam's government as State Minister for Development from 1965 to 1966. He was then promoted to Minister of Labour in November 1966. He took part in the London Constitutional Conference on Mauritius, also commonly known as

1288-451: A true and faithful Prime Minister/Minister/Junior Minister. (So help me God.) Sir Anerood Jugnauth Sir Anerood Jugnauth , GCSK , PV , KCMG , PC , QC (29 March 1930 – 3 June 2021) was a Mauritian statesman, politician and barrister who served both as President and Prime Minister of Mauritius . He was Member of Parliament for Piton & Riviere Du Rempart . A central figure of Mauritian politics in

1380-656: A year early. Jugnauth led an alliance of his MSM ( Militant Socialist Movement ) with the MMM ( Mauritian Militant Movement ) and the RTD ( Rassemblement des Travaillistes Mauriciens ) against an alliance of the MLP ( Mauritius Labour Party ) and the PMSD ( Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate ). The MSM/MMM/RTD alliance was better prepared than the opposition. Before the election date had been announced, it had already drawn up its list of candidates for

1472-473: Is appointed by the president. The prime minister holds the second most senior position in the country, second only to the president. The prime minister is usually the leader of the largest party in the ruling coalition. The position of prime minister along with the office of deputy prime minister is specified under Chapter VI, Section 59, Part 1 of the Constitution of Mauritius . After the country became

1564-506: Is obtained. Sir Anerood Jugnauth who was prime minister from 1982 to 1995 initiated the deal in early 2000. In 1995 the 60-0 victory of the MMM-MLP was outstanding as Sir Jugnauth lost his parliament seat. He had no choice to give more to the MMM so as to secure his party. Mauritian Labor Party and Mauritian Militant Movement began an alliance in 1995 and ousted the MSM out of the game. Under

1656-665: The 2014 general elections . He resigned in January 2017 and was succeeded by his son Pravind Jugnauth as prime minister. Jugnauth was made Queen's Counsel in 1980 and was made a member of the Privy Council in 1983. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988 when Mauritius was still one of the Queen's realms . Anerood Jugnauth was born in Palma, Mauritius in a Bhojpuri speaking Hindu Indo-Mauritian family belonging to

1748-406: The 2014 general elections . When Ramgoolam dissolved parliament in end of November 2014, Jugnauth and the MSM conducted an alliance with the PMSD and Mouvement Liberateur (a dissident MMM party led by its former Deputy Leader, Ivan Collendaveloo). His alliance won 47 out of the 60 seats contested. Jugnauth became prime minister for the sixth time and made history as he led an alliance that won against

1840-614: The Ahir broader Yadav community and was brought up there. His grandfather had migrated to Mauritius from the Ballia District of indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the 1870s. He had his primary education at Palma Primary School and his secondary education at Regent College. He taught for some time at New Eton College and later worked as a clerk in the Poor Law Department for some time before being transferred to

1932-627: The Front des Travailleurs Socialiste (FTS). A total of 639,488 voters were registered (approximately 60% of the total population) and of these, 546,623 (85.5%) cast their votes. A total of 359 candidates ran for the 62 elected seats. During the election campaign, the ruling MSM/MLP/PMSD alliance was known as the Sun (Soleil) and the opposing union (composed of MMM/MTD/FTS) as the Heart (Coeur) after their respective emblems. While overall participation of voters in

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2024-488: The Parti Mauricien Xavier Duval (PMXD). Duval was Minister of Finance in the previous government alliance formed in mid-1999. The other alliance was formed (for the fourth time) between Jugnauth (MSM) and Bérenger (MMM). On 15 August 2000, the leaders of these two parties as well several other leaders from much smaller parties signed what they termed a 'historical electoral accord', which included

2116-439: The governor-general . After the 1967 general election , Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) became the first prime minister of Mauritius, he was re-elected in the 1976 general election and remained in office. In the 1982 general election , Sir Anerood Jugnauth (SAJ) coalition was elected, and he became prime minister. However his alliance broke up in 1983 and the 1983 general election was held, SAJ formed another alliance, he

2208-491: The leader of the National Assembly (which makes the office holder responsible for setting the agenda for parliament) and minister for Rodrigues & dependencies (which makes the office holder responsible for + occupancy, administration of local dependencies and their defense). It is also inter-alia, the head of government and presides over the cabinet of ministers. It is second in the order of precedence just after

2300-818: The 1965 Lancaster Conference. He resigned from office in April 1967, joined the Civil Service as Magistrate, and did not take part in the August 1967 General Elections . In 1970 he joined the MMM and became the party's president. The main contenders of the 1976 elections were the Independence Party (alliance of Mauritian Labor Party and the CAM ), PMSD , UDM, IFB and the relatively new MMM led by Paul Bérenger and Jugnauth himself. Despite receiving most of

2392-534: The 1980s and 1990s, he was Leader of the Opposition from 1976 to 1982. He served four consecutive terms as prime minister from 1982 to 1995 and again from 2000 to 2003. He was then elected as President from 2003 to 2012. Following his party's victory in the 2014 general elections , he served his sixth and final term as prime minister, becoming the nation's longest serving prime minister with more than 18 years of tenure, overtaking Seewoosagur Ramgoolam , who held

2484-423: The 20 constituencies and published its election manifesto. The opposition lost valuable time with lengthy negotiations concerning candidates and manifesto. Some 25 parties and independents and 331 candidates were involved. According to official figures, 682,000 voters (about 63% of the total population of 1,083,000) were entitled to vote, and of these about 576,300 (84.5%) turned out. The government alliance's 56.3% of

2576-561: The 30 urban seats, and only two of the 30 rural seats. The Alliance (MSM/PMSD/MLP) won a total of 49.86% and 39 seats. After the best-loser seats were allocated, the Alliance held 46 seats to the MMM's 24. The two seats of the Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais helped to raise those of the Alliance to 46. On 6 August 1991, Jugnauth dissolved the national assembly and announced that a general election would be held on 15 September, nearly

2668-411: The Alliance held a majority – 46 to the 22 received by the MMM. The disproportionate weighting of seats reflects the fact that MMM votes were concentrated in urban constituencies where large numerical majorities won only three seats, whereas the Alliance swept the rural constituencies where Hindus predominated. Within months of taking office, the Alliance began a process of fragmentation that by 1986 left

2760-629: The Hizbullah Party and the Parti Gaëtan Duval (PGD, formerly the PMSD). Jugnauth stood as a candidate at the by-election held in constituency No. 9 (Flacq/Bon Acceuil) in April 1998 but was defeated. He immediately initiated the idea of an MSM/MMM federation which eventually took shape in January 1999. The Federation was dissolved, however, after the defeat of its candidate at the by-election held on 19 September 1999. Jugnauth founded

2852-823: The Judicial Department. In 1951, he left Mauritius for the UK to study law at the Lincoln's Inn , and became a lawyer in 1954. In 1957, Jugnauth was elected President of Palma Village Council. Whilst serving as an IFB member of Legislative Council he was also elected as member of the Municipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix. Jugnauth was elected for the first time to the Legislative Council in Constituency No. 14 of Riviere du Rempart at

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2944-516: The MMM from power. In 1984, he was criticized as head of government in the Amsterdam boys scandal which involved 4 government MPs who were arrested as they were carrying drugs from the Netherlands. He prorogued parliament in an objective to prevent any questions on the investigation. In 1988, he fired Satcam Boolell, then leader of the Labour Party, due to political disagreements. In May 1992,

3036-545: The MSM and he would stood down so as to make way for his son for the office of the Prime Minister. Paul Berenger agreed that he would be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance for 3 years, and after that he would succeed to Sir Anerood who was to be dismissing from office during the same period. There were four main persons concerned out the deal made in 2000. Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Paul Berenger, Pravind Jugnauth and Karl Offmann . Then President of

3128-604: The MSM in order to let Pravind become Leader. He accepted to step down in favor of Paul Berenger. Cassam Uteem resigned 6 months before his mandate ended and the entire deal was taking a new turn. Nevertheless, Karl Offmann took office earlier that year and as mentioned accepted to only work with Sir Jugnauth. Berenger on his part announced that he entering the Clarisse House (House of the Prime Minister) would be meaning political democracy and freedom as to allow

3220-535: The MSM-PMSD-Labour alliance, defeating the MMM. The MMM received 209,845 votes (46.4%) – the highest proportion of the vote ever received by a single party in any Mauritian election. The Alliance received 236,146 votes (52.22%); independents and the Rodrigues parties got the remaining 1.38% and two seats. Of the 552,800 registered voters, 452,221 (81.8%) had voted. When seats were distributed, however,

3312-546: The MSM/MMM Alliance with Bérenger, leader of the MMM, on 14 August 2000, based on equal sharing of power. At the general elections held on 11 September 2000, he was elected as first member of constituency No 7 (Piton/Rivière du Rempart) and was appointed prime minister. The outgoing prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam of the Mauritian Labor Party led a coalition with Xavier Luc Duval , the leader of

3404-758: The Mauritian Movement Social Democrats. They will therefore administer the cities namely Port-Louis , Quatre Bornes and Rose Hill while the only city administered by the government will be Vacoas-Phoenix . The city of Curepipe is under a deadlock with 7 councillors elected from the MMM/MSM coalition, 7 councillors elected under the banner of the Labour Party and 1 elected under the Mauritian Movement Social Democrats. The deadlock will therefore be handled as soon as negotiations are made and an agreement

3496-522: The Muslim Action Committee) only 25.78% of the vote. The PMSD did even worse, receiving only 7.79% of the vote. The LP and the PMSD each did eventually receive two seats in parliament under the best-loser provisions. Jugnauth became Prime Minister of Mauritius for the first time, Boodhoo Deputy Prime Minister, and Paul Bérenger Minister of Finance. Jugnauth being prime minister announced general elections in 1983 again. This time he

3588-497: The National Assembly. ( Renouveau Militant Mauricien (RMM) was the name adopted by a substantial part of the MMM led by Dr. Prem Nababsing (after Bérenger had broken away from it in 1993 and retained the right to the name of MMM). Only four best-loser seats were allocated and went to small parties with little national influence – two to the Mouvement Rodriguais in Rodrigues island and the other two respectively to

3680-612: The Opposition until the following general elections in 1982. From 1976 to 1982, the MLP had been weakened by the defection of part of its coalition partner, the PMSD, while the CAM declined to contest the election. The MMM had formed an alliance with Harish Boodhoo's Parti Socialiste Mauricien known as PSM. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the MMM-PSM alliance (formed by Jugnauth and Berenger in early 1981), which won 64.16% of

3772-517: The Prime Minister. I, ......................, being appointed Prime Minister/Minister/Junior Minister, do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will to the best of my judgment, at all times when so required, freely give my counsel and advice to the President (or any other person for the time being lawfully performing the functions of that office) for the good management of the public affairs of Mauritius, and I do further swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will not on any account, at any time whatsoever, disclose

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3864-492: The Republic, Cassam Uteem was at his last mandate as Head of State and was due to leave office in 2002. Karl Offmann who was a former Minister and Member of the MSM agreed to succeed to Uteem and it was on one condition, that he would work as president only when Sir Anerood Jugnauth would be prime minister. Therefore, the leaders were both aware that Offmann would not have five years mandate as president but less. The deal also mentioned that as from September 2003, Pravind Jugnauth

3956-643: The United Kingdom to the International Court of Justice over the islanders' plight. The Chagos Islands, a British colony in the Indian Ocean, were leased to the US in the 1960s to build a military base. The residents were forced out, and the government says they cannot return, but have been granted British citizenship and has donated around 40 million pounds to the people who numbered 2,000 at

4048-432: The authority of any minister in the execution of his office. The position is the most powerful constitutional office of the country. This is mainly because the office is amalgamated with other functions whereby conventions, the office holder is also the minister of defense & home affairs (which makes the office holder responsible for law and order, internal security, defense, the armed forces and intelligence services),

4140-691: The cabinet. In early April 1983, Jugnauth formed a new party, the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM), which, in May, amalgamated with the PSM led by Harish Boodhoo . However, the new government lacked a majority in the legislative assembly, and Jugnauth dissolved the National assembly in June. New elections were held on 23 August 1983. Jugnauth was re-elected and returned as prime minister of

4232-585: The counsel, advice, opinion or vote of any particular Minister or Junior Minister and that I will not, except with the authority of the Cabinet and to such extent as may be required for the good management of the affairs of Mauritius, directly or indirectly reveal the business or proceedings of the Prime Minister/Minister/Junior Minister or any matter coming to my knowledge in my capacity as such and that in all things I will be

4324-510: The deal in August 2000. The Medpoint Deal was based on equal power shared by both parties and the office of the Prime Minister being head of government was in the ratio 3:2. MSM would have the office for three years and MMM for the two remaining. Sir Anerood had announced that he will be retiring as prime minister and that his last mandate would be the 2000 elections. He also initiated the idea that his son Pravind Jugnauth would become Leader of

4416-412: The directly elected seats on the island of Mauritius with only 63.7% of the poll, representing a mere 51.1% of the total electorate. The two seats on the island of Rodrigues went to l'Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues (OPR). The MSM-RMM alliance obtained 19.3% of the votes cast or the support of 15.4% of the total electorate, but even under the best-loser system it found itself without a single seat in

4508-632: The dissolution of the coalition due to major disagreement within both parties. Later Berenger announced a coalition between the Labour Party and the Mauritian Militant Movement . Jugnauth then led a coalition composed of the Militant Socialist Movement , PMSD and the ML which is a break-away group of individuals who resigned from the MMM due to the coalition with the Labour Party. Jugnauth's alliance known as "L'Alliance LEPEP" won

4600-467: The election and the MSM returned 13 MPs. However, in August 2011, the alliance broke and the MSM left the government leaving a very small majority for the prime minister. After having a private meeting with Berenger, the leader of the opposition, Jugnauth made a statement that he might resign as president if the situation got any worse concerning the Medpoint scandal which involved his son, Pravind, and who

4692-553: The election date set for 30 August 1987, one year ahead of schedule. Campaigning started on 22 July 1987. Jugnauth's Alliance fought the election with his MSM ( Militant Socialist Movement ), Duval's MPSD ( Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate ), and both major factions of the MLP, the one led by Satcam Boolell and the RTM. The MMM allied itself with two small parties, the Mouvement Travailliste Démocrat (RTD) and

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4784-413: The end of the MSM/MMM in April 2014. He was criticized as he had (on the eve) attended Jugnauth's birthday party and gave a very flattering speech on his political career. After the party, he went in the same night to meet Ramgoolam at a nearby restaurant to discuss a forthcoming alliance. He further announced an alliance between his MMM and Ramgoolam's Labour Party. In April 2014, Paul Berenger announced

4876-403: The first time in the history of the island, a non-Hindu Mauritian to become the prime minister. The elections took place on 11 September 2000 with a total of 80.87% of registered voters casting their ballots. The MSM/MMM alliance won 54 of the directly elected seats. Jugnauth agreed to step down and become president as from 2003. Former president Karl Offmann was also involved. He was put into

4968-444: The first time. However, he lost the 2000 general election . In 2000, the prime minister's office was shared between two leaders: Sir Anerood Jugnauth spent three years as prime minister and Paul Bérenger spent two years. After the 2005 general election , Dr. Navin Ramgoolam became the prime minister again. In the 2010 general election , he was re-elected and remained in office. The 2014 general election returned Anerood Jugnauth to

5060-482: The first-non Hindu to hold such powerful post. The deal was to join the two leaders of the two parties. The MSM leader Sir Anerood Jugnauth & MMM leader Paul Berenger . As a misconception and with a battle for the leadership of the MSM after Sir Anerood retired, Pravind Jugnauth and Ashok Jugnauth both fought to become the party's next leader. At the end Ashock moved out and formed his own party namely National Union (UN) and went forward with Paul Berenger and formed

5152-538: The government without a working majority in parliament. When in February 1984, the MLP ( Mauritius Labour Party ) left the government, 11 of its MPs continued to support the government and formed a faction within the MLP called the Rassemblement des Travaillistes Mauriciens (RTM). Upon proroguing parliament in November 1986, Jugnauth agreed that an election was necessary. Parliament was dissolved on 3 July, and

5244-689: The members of the government. Soon after his resignation from the Presidency in 2012, Berenger proposed a 'remake' of the MSM/MMM coalition , which was approved by both parties' structures (political bureaus and central committees). Jugnauth became leader of the alliance with the same conditions. He would hold office of prime minister for three years before resigning to make way for Berenger. Following internal crisis between both parties in 2013 and early 2014, Berenger announced two 'cooling off' periods to allow time to resolve these issues. Berenger announced

5336-411: The new alliance MMM/UN. In July 2005, the MSM/MMM coalition went together for general elections and became the opposition party, but in 2006 they ended the deal and MSM became alone party while MMM took hands with UN. The MMM/MSM coalition won the local council elections held on 9 December 2012. They obtained a total of 53 councilors against 36 for the government party Mauritian Labour Party and one for

5428-586: The nomination of Jugnauth for president to the Parliament as well as elect his son Pravind as Deputy Prime Minister. The deal was settled and SAJ announced in early September that he will be resigning as prime minister, but that the population would not have to worry for the upcoming years as he would become president after some time. He resigned in September 2003 and Berenger took office of prime minister and nominated Jugnauth as president. After one week, in

5520-463: The north of the country. He has also a commemorative golden Mauritian rupee coin issued by the Bank of Mauritius having his portrait on the obverse and a Dodo on the reverse. The inscriptions are "THE Rt HON SIR ANEROOD JUGNAUTH PC, QC, KCMG " and is followed by "MAURITIUS". It originally holds a value of Rs 1,000 but is sold as a collector's piece at US$ 1,881. On 19 December 2010, he and his wife, Sarojini Ballah went to receive an official opening of

5612-410: The office for 14 years. Under Jugnauth's leadership, his party/alliances won 5 general parliamentary elections in a row in 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, and 1991. He then led the MMM in its first electoral campaign and was presented as prime minister in 1976. The MMM won but could not govern due to a hung parliament and Jugnauth became Leader of the Opposition up to 1982 where the MMM-PSM alliance won all

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5704-470: The office of the president on the condition that he would remain president only for 19 months. Jugnauth became president under the transition with the so-called "sudden" resignation of President Offmann. Jugnauth resigned as prime minister on 30 September 2003 at 13:30 and also as member of parliament at 15:00, giving his resignation letter to Speaker of the House on the same day. He announced his departure in

5796-529: The parliament. Sir Anerood Jugnauth was elected 1st Member of Piton & Riviere du Rempart and Paul Berenger elected 1st Member of Upper Rose Hill. They both began their deal and set up the new government with based equal power to both Parties. The new government elected Sir Jugnauth as prime minister as mentioned in the deal. As expected, the two parties were friends with each other and also shared same power. In September 2003, Sir Jugnauth announced his departure and resignation as prime minister and Leader of

5888-414: The polling amounted to 85.5%, it ran up to 93% in some constituencies. The average size of the multimember constituencies was around 30,000. As in previous elections, the MMM and its partners received the highest percentage of votes, 48.12%, of which a small percentage can be attributed to its two small partners (see 1987 Legislative Assembly election results for more detail). It won 21 seats, comprising 19 of

5980-513: The presidency, which was largely a symbolic post. The accord also provided for a reform of the electoral system to replace the "best losers system" gradually by proportional representation, and to end the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation 's monopoly over the electronic media. In addition to sharing the post of prime minister, what made the MSM/MMM electoral accord exceptional was the fact that it would allow, for

6072-410: The president and enjoys relative importance in the public as the office holder is usually the leader of the party/alliance that wins an election. The current prime minister of Mauritius is Navin Ramgoolam , leader of the Labour Party ; he was appointed by president Prithvirajsing Roopun on 12 November 2024, following the resignation of prime minister Pravind Jugnauth . The official residence of

6164-459: The prime minister and Cabinet. The prime minister has the constitutional duty to advise him/her when to exercise these prerogatives. On 12 March 1992, Mauritius became a republic, with a new constitution in 1992, the terms of the general elections was regulated to five years. Since then, each five years elections take place and a new prime minister is elected. After the 1995 general election , Dr. Navin Ramgoolam became Prime Minister of Mauritius for

6256-618: The prime minister during his term in office is the Clarisse House , the Prime Minister's Office is located in Port Louis . The longest serving prime minister is Anerood Jugnauth , who held the office of prime minister for about 19 years; if Navin Ramgoolam stays in office for a complete term, he will overtake Anerood Jugnauth. The current prime minister's portfolio includes, inter-alia, the following: The prime minister

6348-407: The prime minister's office. Pravind Jugnauth was appointed as prime minister by President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim on 23 January 2017, following the resignation of his father and coalition leader Anerood Jugnauth. Pravind won the 2019 general election , which kept the MSM in power. According to the third Schedule of the Constitution of Mauritius , an oath under this section shall be administered by

6440-405: The prime minister. Overall, there have been 4 attempts on Sir Anerood Jugnauth's life. Two of those attempts were whilst he held office. The first one during his tenure was on 6 November 1988 at an Arya Samaj gathering in the suburb of Trèfles, Rose Hill by Satanand Sembhoo who drew a pistol to Prime Minister Jugnauth's head before being disarmed by bodyguards and onlookers. This was followed by

6532-476: The seats. He became prime minister up to 1995. He was appointed again as prime minister in 2000 and finally as President in 2003. Jugnauth was a cabinet minister during the leadership of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam from 1965 up to 1969. In 1970, he moved out and went to the newly created political party of the Mauritian Militant Movement , where he eventually became its leader in 1982. He created his own political party called Militant Socialist Movement in 1983 and

6624-492: The speech before his departure. He was sworn into the presidency on 7 October 2003 following the resignation of President Karl Offmann . Jugnauth, along with Lady Jugnauth , took over the keys of the Chateau of Reduit on 7 October 2003. His election to the presidency was largely approved by the entire population as it was considered to be the new era of Mauritian politics, allowing Paul Berenger to become prime minister who

6716-517: The start of October, Sir Anerood Jugnauth became president and also head of state. Prime Minister of Mauritius The prime minister of Mauritius (French: Premier Ministre de Maurice ) is the head of government of Mauritius . He presides over the Cabinet of Ministers, which advises the president of the country and is collectively responsible to the National Assembly for any advice given and for all action done by or under

6808-639: The time. Many of the residents now live in poverty in Mauritius as that state has left them destitute, or as refugees in Britain where they have their housing and costs paid for, and receive financial aid to take the British to court. The American base was built on the large island of Diego Garcia within the Chagos archipelago. Mauritius claims the islands as part of its territory, and Jugnauth claimed his country

6900-400: The transition Navin Ramgoolam , leader of MLP, became prime minister for the five years and MMM leader Paul Berenger remained as Deputy Prime Minister for the five-year term. Sir Anerood offered Berenger more so as to attract him to form the coalition. He therefore offered Berenger two years of being prime minister, a higher price than being Deputy for five years. He accepted and both signed

6992-424: The two persons nominated to the Presidency. He was voted for by both governing members of parliament as well as opposition MPs. Jugnauth was elected to the ceremonial post of President in 2003. After five years in office, he was re-elected by the National Assembly in a unanimous vote on 19 September 2008, supported by both the government and the opposition. Parliament voted for Jugnauth to remain as President for

7084-410: The vote and all 60 elected seats (42 by the MMM, 18 by the PSM, and two for the allied Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) (for more detail see 1982 Legislative Assembly election results). Voter turn-out was 87.3%, with 471,196 out of an electorate of 540,000 casting their votes for the 34 parties contesting 62 seats. The LP, which had dominated Mauritian politics since 1948, won no seats and (together with

7176-491: The vote gave it 57 seats in parliament, while the opposition's 39.9% of the vote gave it only three seats. Only four best-loser seats were allocated. Jugnauth once more ruled in Parliament House for a fourth term, and was once more elected prime minister. When Jugnauth lost a vote of confidence over a language issue that required an amendment to the constitution, he dissolved parliament on 16 November 1995 and called

7268-515: The votes (38.64%) the MMM only secured 34 seats, two short of an absolute majority. The Independence Party scored 37.90% of votes and 28 seats, whilst the PMSD received 16.20% of the votes and 8 seats. By re-establishing its former alliance, which it had since 1969 with the PMSD, Ramgoolam managed to stay in power. The Labour-PMSD-CAM alliance occupied 36 seats with a weak majority of only 2 seats, despite CAM's leader Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed 's failure to be re-elected. Jugnauth thus served as Leader of

7360-510: Was also the only Mauritian who served as an elected member on each level in the country as he first served as village & town Councillor (being elected as a Councillor for Palma village in 1956 and again Councillor for the town of Vacoas-Phoenix in 1964). He then served as a Member of Parliament (elected in 1963), became Minister of State in 1965 which preceded his appointment as Minister of Labour in 1966 by Seewoosagur Ramgoolam . He

7452-553: Was elected again and remain in office. In the 1987 general election , another coalition concluded by SAJ won again, he remained in office. SAJ also won the 1991 general election and remained the prime minister of Mauritius. The new leader of the Labour Party, Navin Ramgoolam , became the leader of the opposition . After the country became a republic on 12 March 1992, the president became the head of state . The president holds prerogative powers which includes summoning, prorogation and dissolution of parliament including appointment of

7544-566: Was forced by the British to accept the Chagossians as a condition of independence. Jugnauth bore the title Right Honourable for life. He was also entitled to use MP post-nominal and prefix, as he was an MP for more than 35 years. Jugnauth was one of the only two prime ministers who served under Queen Elizabeth II and the pre-republic regime. There is one primary school in his former constituency, Riviere du Rempart under his name, known as Sir Anerood Jugnauth Government School, situated in

7636-563: Was not a candidate for the MMM but he proposed to Boodhoo dissolving the PSM to make a new stronger Party called the MSM ( Militant Socialist Movement ). He created the MSM and in Alliance with the Mauritian Labour Party went to the general elections together trying to fight against Berenger and his MMM. In March 1983, the government collapsed when the dominant faction within the MMM [Mouvement Militant Mauricien], led by Bérenger, split from Jugnauth's leadership and resigned from

7728-401: Was once more elected. His party remained in power up to 1995. Jugnauth founded the Militant Socialist Movement party in 1983. He was honoured with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards for his continued support for India's causes and concerns and for strengthening India's relationship with Mauritius. Following his tenure as President, Jugnauth led an alliance known as "L'Alliance LEPEP" which won

7820-625: Was prime minister. The newly elected Labour Party-MMM government decided to rescind the contract. Jugnauth sued for damages and received Rs 45 million (US$ 1.5 million) as compensation. This was criticized in the press and among the Mauritian diaspora. In 2007, Jugnauth threatened to have Mauritius leave the Commonwealth in protest at the UK's "barbarous" treatment of the people of the Chagos Islands . Jugnauth stated that he might take

7912-512: Was summoned and arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption on conflict of interest. Eventually he resigned as president on 30 March 2012. He mentioned that he did not support government policies, many thought his disagreement stemmed from the fact that the government refused to help his son, accused of corruption, escape from the law. He stated that he resigned because of his disagreement with

8004-475: Was the head of government , executive powers was vested by the governor, representative of the monarch. The only chief minister which the country had known was Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam , from 26 September 1961 to 12 March 1968. The office of Prime Minister of Mauritius was created on 12 March 1968 when Mauritius became an independent state. Queen Elizabeth II remained as head of state as Queen of Mauritius , with her executive powers in Mauritius delegated to

8096-503: Was the first person of a non-Hindu religion to become head of government. In 2003, he handed the leadership of his party to his son Pravind Jugnauth. He announced that he had "reached the end of this road". During his first mandate, due to the constitution, he had to announce general elections, which eventually took place in July 2005. Due to the end of the mandate of Jugnauth, two persons, Vice President ( Angidi Chettiar ) and himself were

8188-460: Was the only prime minister to have had a sibling and his son in his own cabinet from 2000 to 2003. On 3 June 2021, Jugnauth died at Clinique Darné in Floréal, Mauritius, aged 91, due to illness. Jugnauth was subjected to various controversies over his 35 years of being on the front bench of Mauritian politics. In 1983, he was criticized for breaking the MMM-PSM coalition government and ousting

8280-594: Was the patriarch of the Jugnauth family of Mauritius. Jugnauth married Sarojini Ballah on 18 December 1956 and he is the father of two children: Pravind and Shalini Jugnauth-Malhotra. Pravind has been Prime Minister of Mauritius since 2017 and was previously Minister of Finance as a Member of Parliament for the Constituency Moka & Quartier Militaire . Pravind is also the leader of the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM). He

8372-521: Was the subject of controversies and critics as the owner leased its floor space at high prices which were achieved at the peak of the local property market's cycle. The Government's Ministry of Education department was a tenant of the Sun Trust Building until 1995 when newly elected Minister, James Burty-David, refused to use that building. The government then relocated the department into another building. The penalty paid to Jugnauth in terms of breach of contract amounted to Rs 45 million (US$ 1.5 million). He

8464-441: Was to be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance . All those four people were playing the political prepared game and everyone was trained like a soldier on battlefield so as to snatch the government of the hands of Navin Ramgoolam who was then prime minister. On 11 September 2000, the MSM/MMM team won over the general elections with a bigger majority that they had themselves expected. They had won 56 seats out of 60 seats in

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