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Five people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritius since the office was established in 1968, when independence from the United Kingdom was proclaimed. Additionally, one person has served as Chief Minister of Mauritius, the preceding office which existed from 1961 to 1968, while Mauritius still was a British crown colony.[1][2]

List of officeholders

Political parties
  Labour Party (PTR)
  Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM)
  Militant Socialist Movement (MSM)

Chief Minister of Mauritius

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
British Mauritius
1 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
(1900–1985) 		1959 26 September 1961 21 October 1963 6 years, 168 days PTR
1963 21 October 1963 12 March 1968

Prime Ministers of Mauritius

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party Alliance
Took office Left office Time in office
Mauritius (1968–1992)
1 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
(1900–1985) 		1967 12 March 1968 23 December 1976 14 years, 110 days PTR Independence Party (PTR–IFB–CAM)[3]
1976 23 December 1976 30 June 1982 PTR–CAM–PMSD[4]
2 Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021) 		1982 30 June 1982 21 August 1983 MMM MMM–PSM[5]
(2) 1983 21 August 1983 30 August 1987 MSM MSM–PTR[6]
1987 30 August 1987 15 September 1991 MSM–PTR[7]
1991 15 September 1991 Continued MSM–MMM[8]
Republic of Mauritius (from 12 March 1992 onwards)
(2) Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021) 		— Continued 20 December 1995 13 years, 173 days MSM MSM–MMM
3 Dr. Navin Ramgoolam
(born 1947) 		1995 15 December 1995 11 September 2000 4 years, 271 days PTR PTR–MMM[9]
(2) Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021) 		2000 12 September 2000 30 September 2003 3 years, 18 days MSM MSM–MMM[10]
4 Paul Bérenger
(born 1945) 		— 30 September 2003 5 July 2005 1 year, 278 days MMM MSM–MMM
(3) Dr. Navin Ramgoolam
(born 1947) 		2005 5 July 2005 5 May 2010 9 years, 165 days PTR PTR–PMXD–VF–MR–MMSM[11]
2010 5 May 2010 17 December 2014 PTR–PMSD–MSM[12]
(2) Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021) 		2014 17 December 2014 23 January 2017 2 years, 37 days MSM MSM–PMSD–ML[13]
5 Pravind Jugnauth
(born 1961) 		— 23 January 2017 7 November 2019 7 years, 45 days MSM MSM–ML
2019 13 November 2019 Incumbent MSM–ML[14]

List of prime ministers by length of tenure

No. Name Party Terms in Office
Length Served Number of Terms First Year Last Year
1 Sir Anerood Jugnauth MMM / MSM 17 years, 145 days 6 1982 2017
2 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam PTR 14 years, 110 days 2 1968 1982
3 Dr. Navin Ramgoolam PTR 14 years, 72 days 3 1995 2014
4 Pravind Jugnauth MSM 7 years, 45 days 2 2017 Incumbent
5 Paul Bérenger MMM 1 year, 278 days 1 2003 2005

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prime ministers of Mauritius.
  1. ^ "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Prime Ministers". Rulers.org. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Results of 1967 elections" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Results of 1976 elections" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Results of 1982 elections" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Results of 1983 elections" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Results of 1987 elections" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Results of 1991 elections" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Results of 1995 elections" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Results of 2000 elections" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Results of 2005 elections" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Results of 2010 elections" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Results of 2014 elections" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Results of 2019 elections" (PDF).
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