Ravi Yerrigadoo

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Ravi Yerrigadoo (born c. 1974) is a Mauritian politician.

Yerrigadoo is of Hindu descent. [1] He was elected to the National Assembly in 2000 via the Best Loser System. [1] Aged 26 at the time, [2] Yerrigadoo was also named minister of Youth and Sports. [3] [4] He ran in the 2005 Mauritian local election. [5]

Yerrigadoo joined the Alliance Lepep coalition prior to the 2014 Mauritian general election, [6] and was appointed to lead the Ministry of Justice in December 2014. [7] [8] Yerrigadoo resigned from the position on 13 September 2017, [9] after allegations of money laundering were made by Husein Abdool Rahim. [10] Rahim later withdrew the allegations against Yerrigadoo. [11]

He is married to Hema. [12]

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