Mauritius,officially the Republic of Mauritius,is an island nation in the Indian Ocean,about 2,000 kilometres off the southeastern coast of East Africa,east of Madagascar. It includes the main island,as well as Rodrigues,Agaléga,and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues,along with nearby Réunion,are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius,where the population is concentrated,hosts the capital and largest city,Port Louis. The country spans 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) and has an exclusive economic zone covering 2,300,000 square kilometres.
Sir Anerood Jugnauth,GCSK,PV,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 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 the office for 14 years.
The President of the Republic of Mauritius is the head of state of the Republic of Mauritius. Mauritius is a parliamentary republic,and the president functions as a ceremonial figurehead,elected by the National Assembly as set out by the Constitution of Mauritius. The current office-holder is Prithvirajsing Roopun. He took the office on 2 December 2019. The president's official residence is the State House.
Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo,GCMG,GCSK,QC,was a Mauritian politician,minister,the sixth and last governor-general of Mauritius from 1986 to 1992,and then the first president of Mauritius from March to June 1992.
Islam in Mauritius is the nation's third largest religion behind Hinduism and Christianity. Muslims constitute over 17.3 per cent of Mauritius population. Muslims of Mauritius are mostly of Indian descent. Large numbers of Muslims arrived in Mauritius during the British regime,starting in 1834 as part of the large-scale indentured labor force from India.
Arvin Boolell is a Mauritian politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2019 to 2021,when he resigned. Now in 2024,he serves as the Leader of the Opposition after the resignation of Shakeel Mohamed.
The Militant Socialist Movement/Mauritian Militant Movement (MSM/MMM) is coalition party that formed the government of the Republic of Mauritius from September 2000 to July 2005. The coalition has been reformed in April 2012 after an electoral agreement between the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) and Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) was made with Sir Anerood Jugnauth as leader. The agreements remain the same,30 seats for the MMM and 30 seats for the MSM. It has also been conveyed that SAJ would be prime minister for 3 years and Paul Berenger would take over for the rest of the parliamentary term if the coalition wins the next general elections. It has also been agreed that Pravind Jugnauth who is leader of the MSM will not be in the Front Bench of the coalition in an eventual government of the MSM/MMM. This is because he has been provisionally charged with using office for gratification by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. He will therefore seat as a back-bencher until he is dismissed from all accusations.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius is a senior member of the Cabinet of Mauritius. The incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Louis Steven Obeegadoo was appointed by the President on 25th of June 2020 after the resignation of Ivan Collendavelloo. The Deputy Prime Minister is the first in line to succeed the Prime Minister on a temporary basis in case the latter is out of the country,sick,resigns or dies suddenly.
Corruption in Mauritius follows the familiar patterns of state-based corruption,namely government officials abusing their political powers for private gain in the country of Mauritius.
Muhammad Reza Cassam Uteem is a Mauritian politician who is commonly known as Reza Uteem.
Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate,also known as Lisette Talate or Aurelie Talate in her community was a Chagossian activist and emblematic figure of the Chagossian struggle to regain their islands;which they were forcibly exiled from by the occupying US military with permission from the UK in order to establish the Diego Garcia military base. Despite strong desire from the community to return to their land,the US and UK governments have patently refused to allow right of return.
The 1968 Mauritian riots or Bagarre raciale Plaine Verte refers to a number of violent clashes that occurred in the Port Louis neighbourhoods of CitéMartial,Bell Village,Roche Bois,St. Croix,CitéMartial and Plaine Verte as well as in the village of Madame Azor near Goodlands in Mauritius over a period of ten days,six weeks before the country's declaration of independence on 12 March 1968.
The 1999 Mauritian riots were national-scale rioting and protests in Mauritius following the death of the popular "seggae" musician Joseph Réginald Topize,better known by his stage name "Kaya",in police custody. The rioting lasted for four days from 21 to 25 February 1999. Four civilians and one police officer were killed in the riots with hundreds of people suffering injuries. It was the first incidence of mass rioting in Mauritius since the country's 1968 riots. The riots resulted in a majority of the island's police stations being sacked by protesters with 250 prisoners escaping prison. Many businesses were looted and substantial property damage was done with over 200 vehicles being set on fire.
Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed is a Mauritian Barrister and politician.
Sir Victor Joseph Patrick Glover was a Mauritian lawyer,judge and Chief Justice who played an active role in legal and judicial matters on the island of Mauritius.
Sir Satcam Boolell GCSK QC was a Mauritian politician who served as member of the Legislative Assembly in Mauritius. He died on March 23,2006,in Curepipe. He was also known as "Somduth" by his peers and family members.
Heeralall Bhugaloo (1938-2021) was a Mauritian school teacher,activist,politician and minister.
Mohummud Siddick Chady,most commonly known as Siddick Chady was a Mauritian physician,politician,and former minister. He served jail time after making news headlines for several years for his involvement in L'Affaire Boskalis,a bribery and political scandal.
