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Revision as of 09:30, 17 January 2006 by Acntx (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Navinchandra Ramgoolam (born July 13 1947) is the current Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius. He first held this office from 1995 to 2000, and was reappointed on 5 July 2005, after his Alliance Sociale (a coalition including his own Labour Party, the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval, and several smaller groups) defeated the MMM-MSM coalition of the then-Prime Minister Paul Bérenger in the general elections held on 3 July.
Biography
He is the son of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the 'father' of the nation. He trained as a doctor in Dublin, Ireland and achieved full registration with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom in 1977. He later converted into Law by achieving a Master of Laws qualification at the London School of Economics before starting a political career, but he never practised as a lawyer.
As a contemporary politician, he is perceived to be cunning, but slow in taking decisions. His first prime ministership (1995-2000) was plagued by inertia, waste and 'having a good time at the expense of the taxpayer', such as the infamous 'Macarena story' in the popular press. During his tenure, fraud, corruption, crime rates and social unrest went up and culminated in riots in 1999. Hence his government was ousted in 2000 by a coalition led by two experienced politicians, Sir Aneerood Jugnauth and Paul Berenger.
Between 2000 and 2005, Navin Ramgoolam was leader of the Opposition and learnt from his mistakes. Thus in 2005, he won the elections with a populist agenda and many short term electoral promises to the population and with a slick communication strategy. In particular he specified deadlines for achieving his short-term populist measures, which might have seduced the population. In contrast the other side did not communicate their successes effectively and were beaten by the a multi-party alliance led by Navin Ramgoolam.
| Preceded bySir Anerood Jugnauth | Prime Minister of Mauritius 1995 - 2000 |
Succeeded bySir Anerood Jugnauth |
| Preceded byPaul Bérenger | Prime Minister of Mauritius 2005– |
Succeeded bycurrent incumbent |
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