Following Ramgoolam's victory in the 2024 election, incumbent prime minister Pravind Jugnauth submitted his resignation to the President, Prithvirajsing Roopun, at 18:15, 12 November 2024. [4] Afterwards, Roopun appointed Ramgoolam as prime minister on the same day and was sworn in the following day at the State House. [5]
The division of portfolios were divided by each party under the winning alliance. Out of the 24 ministers appointed, the Labour Party had 14, the Mauritian Militant Movement with 8 and both New Democrats and Rezistans ek Alternativ with 1. In addition, Gavin Glover, having been recommended by the Labour Party, became the new Attorney-General, effectively giving Labour 15 ministers in total. 14 of the ministers are new and 10 of them having previous ministerial experience. Only two ministers are female: Arianne Navarre-Marie, who became Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, and Jyoti Jeetun, as Minister of Financial Services and Economic Planning. Both ministers are from the Mauritian Militant Movement. [6]
Ramgoolam maintained for himself the ministerial posts falling under the prime minister's office whilst also keeping the role of finance minister. Paul Bérenger received the post of Deputy Prime Minister, with the post of Vice-Prime Minister being discontinued under the new government. [7] He, however, did not take up any of the ministerial portfolios available and instead took the additional title of minister without portfolio. Shakeel Mohamed was designated as the third-highest-ranking member of the cabinet, becoming housing minister, whilst Rajesh Bhagwan becomes the fourth-ranking member, taking over the environment ministry. [6] [8]
In addition to the new cabinet was the reintroduction of the role of Junior Ministers, replacing the role of Parliamentary Private Secretaries under the previous government. Ramgoolam had previously used this office before in his previous premierships. A maximum of 10 junior ministers were appointed, with Labour having 5, the MMM with 3 and ND and ReA with 1 each.
The two Rodriguan parties represented in the National Assembly, Rodrigues People's Organisation and Alliance Liberation, declared their support to the incoming government and intended to join the majority. [9] The latter party declared their support for the government on 14 November. [10] Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues Franceau Grandcourt asked Ramgoolam to join the government, given the fact that it would facilitate and allow consistency in terms of coordination between the regional government in Rodrigues and the National Assembly. [11] Francisco François, leader of the OPR, wished to cooperate and integrate its programme along with the priorities of the Alliance du Changement. [12] Eventually, both parties became part of the government and sits with the majority in the Assembly. This left only two opposition MPs, one each from the Militant Socialist Movement and Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate. [13] It is the lowest representation of opposition MPs in Mauritian history.
The new government was fully sworn in on 22 November 2024 at the State House, with the exception of Gavin Glover, who was appointed on 27 November and eventually sworn in on 29 November due to prior commitments. [14] [15] Shakeel Mohamed was appointed as Attorney-General for the time being by the President on 26 November. [16]
