Fourth Navin Ramgoolam cabinet

Fourth Navin Ramgoolam cabinet
17th Cabinet of Mauritius
Date formed	12 November 2024
People and organisations
President	Prithvirajsing Roopun Dharam Gokhool
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam
Deputy Prime Minister	Paul Bérenger
Member party	PTr MMM ND ReA OPR AL
Status in legislature	Supermajority coalition
Opposition party	MSM PMSD
Opposition leader	Joe Lesjongard
History
Election	2024
Legislature term	8th National Assembly
Predecessor	P. Jugnauth II

The Fourth Navin Ramgoolam cabinet is the incumbent Cabinet of Mauritius headed by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. It was formed in November 2024 after the 2024 Mauritian general election.

Ramgoolam's electoral alliance of Alliance du Changement won the election by a landslide, taking all the elected seats in the National Assembly. He was appointed as prime minister on 12 November and sworn in on 13 November 2024 by President Prithvirajsing Roopun. ^[1] His cabinet was fully sworn in and appointed on 22 November 2024. ^[2]

Formation

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. ^[3] Afterwards, Roopun appointed Ramgoolam as prime minister on the same day and was sworn in the following day at the State House. ^[4]

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, will become 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. ^[5]

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. ^[6] Shakeel Mohamed is designated as the third-highest ranking member of the cabinet, whilst Rajesh Bhagwan becomes the fourth-ranking member. ^{[5] [7]}

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 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. ^{[8] [9]} Shakeel Mohamed was appointed as Attorney-General for the time being by the President on 26 November. ^[10]

Supporting parties

Name			Leader	Seats
Government parties
	PTr	Labour Party Parti Travailliste	Navin Ramgoolam	35 / 66
	MMM	Mauritian Militant Movement Mouvement Militant Mauricien	Paul Bérenger	18 / 66
	ND	New Democrats Nouveaux Démocrates	Khushal Lobine	3 / 66
	ReA	Rezistans ek Alternativ	Ashok Subron	3 / 66
Supporting parties
	OPR	Rodrigues People's Organisation Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais	Francisco François	2 / 66
	AL	Alliance Liberation	Dianette Henriette-Manan	2 / 66

Ministers

Party key		Labour Party
		Mauritian Militant Movement
		New Democrats
		Rezistans ek Alternativ

Portfolio [2]	Portrait	Minister		Term
Prime Minister
Prime Minister			Navin Ramgoolam	12 November 2024 –present
Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister			Paul Bérenger	22 November 2024 –present
Ministers
Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications			Navin Ramgoolam	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Finance
Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands
Minister of Housing and Lands			Shakeel Mohamed	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change			Rajesh Bhagwan	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries			Arvin Boolell	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of National Infrastructure			Ajay Gunness	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Health and Wellness			Anil Bachoo	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Tourism			Richard Duval	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity			Ashok Subron	22 November 2024 –present
Attorney-General			Shakeel Mohamed	26 November 2024 –27 November 2024
			Gavin Glover	27 November 2024 –present
Minister of Financial Services and Economic Planning			Jyoti Jeetun	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Energy and Public Utilities			Patrick Assirvaden	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade			Ritish Ramful	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Youth and Sports			Deven Nagalingum	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations			Reza Uteem	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Land Transport			Osman Mahomed	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare			Arianne Navarre-Marie	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection			Michael Sik Yuen	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Tertiary Education, Science and Research			Kaviraj Sukon	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Industry, SMEs and Cooperatives			Aadil Ameer Meea	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Education and Human Resource			Mahend Gungapersad	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation			Avinash Ramtohul	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms			Raj Pentiah	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Local Government			Ranjiv Woochit	22 November 2024 –present
Minister of Arts and Culture			Mahendra Gondeea	22 November 2024 –present

Junior ministers

Party key		Labour Party
		Mauritian Militant Movement
		New Democrats
		Rezistans ek Alternativ

Ministry	Portrait	Junior minister		Term
Finance			Dhaneshwar Damry	22 November 2024 –present
Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change			Joanna Bérenger	22 November 2024 –present
Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries			Fabrice David	22 November 2024 –present
Health and Wellness			Anishta Babooram	7 August 2025 –present
Tourism			Sydney Pierre	22 November 2024 –present
Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity			Kugan Parapen	22 November 2024 –present
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade			Rajen Narsinghen	22 November 2024 –present
Youth and Sports			Karen Foo Kune	22 November 2024 –present
Gender Equality and Family Welfare			Anishta Babooram	22 November 2024 –7 August 2025
Local Government			Fawzi Allymun	22 November 2024 –present
Arts and Culture			Véronique Leu-Govind	22 November 2024 –present

Changes

• Anishta Babooram was transferred as junior minister from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare to the Ministry of Health and Wellness on 7 August 2025, following conflicts with the senior minister Arianne Navarre-Marie. ^{[11] [12]}

References

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