The President who must appoint the MP supporting a clear majority in the National Assembly
Term length
At The President's Pleasure serving as long as the office holder has a majority in the National Assembly
Inaugural holder
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Formation
12 March 1968; 56 years ago (1968-03-12)
Deputy
Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius
Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius
Salary
500,000 Mauritian rupee[1]
Website
Prime Minister Office
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Politics of Mauritius
Constitution
Presidency
President
Prithvirajsing Roopun
Vice-President
Eddy Boissezon
Government
Prime Minister
Pravind Jugnauth
Deputy Prime Minister
Steven Obeegadoo
Cabinet
Legislature
National Assembly
Speaker: Sooroojdev Phokeer
Leader of the Opposition
Xavier-Luc Duval
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice : Rehana Mungly-Gulbul
Elections
Political parties
Recent elections
Presidential: 2008
General: 2019
2024
Administrative divisions
Constituencies
Districts
Outer islands
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Alan Ganoo
Diplomatic missions of / in Mauritius
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
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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 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 & order, internal security, defense, the armed forces and intelligence services), 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 & 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 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, Pravind Jugnauth, leader of the MSM, was appointed by the president on 23 January 2017 following the resignation of his father and coalition leader Sir Anerood Jugnauth who held the post following victory of his Alliance in the 2014 General Election. The official residence of 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 for 19 years as prime minister.
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