Award and Decoration
Mauritius:-
Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2016) [28]
-
| Minister of Financial Services, Good Governance and Institutional Reforms | |
|---|---|
| In office 22 December 2014 –23 January 2017 | |
| President | Ameenah Gurib |
| Prime Minister | Sir Anerood Jugnauth |
| Member of Parliament (MP) | |
| In office 22 December 2014 –16 June 2017 | |
| President | Ameenah Gurib |
| Prime Minister | Sir Anerood Jugnauth Pravind Jugnauth |
| Leader of Reform Party | |
| Assumed office 23 January 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 April 1971 Mauritius |
| Political party | Reform Party [3] (present) |
| Children | Rishon Bhadain,Rishna Bhadain |
| Alma mater | Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) (UK) |
| Occupation | Lawyer Accountant Investigator Politician |
| Awards | Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2016) |
(Roshi) Sudarshan Bhadain [1] (GCSK) (born 25 April 1971) is a Mauritian politician.
Roshi Bhadain completed his secondary education at Royal College Curepipe before studying law at the University of West England,(also known as UWE Bristol). He also pursued studies in accountancy and worked for KPMG in England. Upon returning to Mauritius,he worked at the Economic Crime Office (ECO),which was later restructured into the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Mauritius). Since 2002,Bhadain has practiced as a Barrister-at-Law in Mauritius and has been a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant,specializing in fraud,financial crime,corruption,and money laundering. [4]
In the National Assembly elections held on 10 December 2014,Roshi Bhadain was elected as a candidate of Alliance Lepep (MSM-PMSD-ML) in Constituency No. 18 (Belle Rose-Quatre Bornes) [5] He served as the Minister of Financial Services,Good Governance,and Institutional Reforms under the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) government. [6] On 23 January 2017,Bhadain resigned from the MSM-ML government,citing disagreements with the undue influence of vested interests on the government led by Pravind Jugnauth,which followed the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth.
After the 2014 elections,Roshi Bhadain,while serving as a minister,addressed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on public media and concurrently defended a prosecution commission bill. [7] Had the prosecution commission bill been enacted into law,it would have granted the administration greater power over the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),significantly affecting the democratic framework of Mauritius. To prevent this,the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD) resigned from the government by the end of 2016,which diminished the bill's chances of passing in the National Assembly.
Roshi Bhadain served as a back-bencher in the government for less than six months before resigning from Parliament on 16 June 2017. He stated that his resignation was due to disagreements with the safety and financial aspects of the Metro Express project. [8] [9] Roshi Bhadain's resignation triggered by-elections in Constituency No. 18,held on 17 December 2017.
In these by-elections,Arvin Boolell secured a seat in Parliament. Bhadain finished in third place with 2,913 votes,behind Arvin Boolell,who received 7,990 votes,and Nita Juddoo,who received 4,839 votes. Following Bhadain were trade unionist Jack Bizlall in fourth place,Dhanesh Maraye in fifth,Tania Diolle in sixth,and Kugan Parapen in seventh. Since 2017,Bhadain has been the leader of the Reform Party (Mauritius),which he founded after leaving the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM). [10] [11] [12] [13]
In November 2012,Nitesh Ramdharry,a Triolet resident and activist with the Parti Travailliste,appeared in a local newspaper claiming he had been assaulted by individuals associated with Parti Travailliste agent Hemant Bangaleea,who lived nearby. Ramdharry alleged that he had paid Rs 40 million to Bangaleea,who was imprisoned,to purchase 6 arpents of land in Goa,India,for a hotel resort. However,Ramdharry discovered that Bangaleea had provided a fake contract. Ramdharry sought legal assistance from Roshi Bhadain to recover his funds. Subsequently,Ramdharry accused Bhadain in two affidavits of advising him to inflate the amount paid from Rs 8.7 million to Rs 40 million and to name three former Parti Travailliste ministers—Anil Bachoo,Vasant Bunwaree,and Rajesh Jeetah—in an attempt to create a political scandal. On 17 December 2013,while Navin Ramgoolam was Prime Minister,Bhadain was interrogated by the Central Criminal Investigation Department (CCID) and faced charges of conspiracy and failing to provide a receipt. Bhadain later sued Ramdharry for false and malicious accusations,given that Ramdharry had made the payment to Bangaleea before Bhadain's involvement. In March 2014,all cases against Bhadain were dismissed due to Ramdharry's questionable credibility and past. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
On 17 December 2021,Roshi Bhadain was arrested at his residence in Albion by the Major Crime Investigation Team (MCIT) on provisional charges of conspiracy to commit larceny. The charges were related to an alleged plot to steal valuable teak wood,which was stored at the Development Works Corporation (DWC) warehouse in Pailles. This case,known as L'affaire bois de teck or Scandale lames en teck in the Mauritian press,involved a carpenter named Joseph Kinsley Perrine,who reported to the police that an intermediary named Bijay Greedharry had sought his services to install teak boards at Bhadain's residence in 2011,when Bhadain was a director at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The police suspected that Bhadain had instructed an ICAC inspector in connection with the case. In 2010,there had been a robbery at the DWC warehouse,and it was believed that the stolen hardwood was sent to a carpentry workshop in Roche Bois before being used at Bhadain's home. Greedharry allegedly bribed a DWC security guard with Rs 10,000 to facilitate the theft. In 2011,Perrine was arrested for stealing 300 boards and 70 pieces of timber. Bhadain claimed he had paid Rs 70 per square foot for the teak boards and accused gambling and underworld figure Jean Michel Lee Shim of a political conspiracy,supporting his claims with audio recordings submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions. By mid-March 2022,one witness had withdrawn his statement,and all charges against Bhadain were dropped. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]
Mauritius:
Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2016) [28] 
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.
Paul Raymond Bérenger is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005. He has been Leader of the Opposition on several occasions –from 1983 to 1987,1997 to 2000,2005 to 2006,2007 to 2013,October 2013 to 15 September 2014,and again from December 2014 to December 2016 when he was replaced by Xavier-Luc Duval. Following his party's defeat in the 2014 general elections,he became Leader of the Opposition for the sixth time,making him the longest ever to serve in this constitutional position. He was also deputy prime minister from 1995 to 1997 and again from 2000 to 2003,and he was a cabinet minister in the government of Anerood Jugnauth in 1982 and 1991. Bérenger,a Christian of Franco-Mauritian descent,has been the only non-Hindu prime minister of Mauritius,or,more particularly,the only prime minister who has not belonged to the Jugnauth or Ramgoolam families.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam,often referred to as Chacha "Uncle" Ramgoolam or SSR,was a Mauritian physician,politician,and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister,first prime minister,and fifth governor-general.
Navinchandra Ramgoolam is a Mauritian politician and physician who is the current prime minister of Mauritius,serving since 2024. He previously held the office from 1995 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2014 and frequently leader of the opposition when not in office.
The Mauritian Social Democratic Party,also known as the Mauritian Conservative Party,is a political party in Mauritius. Conservative and Francophilic,the PMSD is the fourth biggest political party in the National Assembly and currently forms part of the opposition.
Pravind Kumar Jugnauth is a Mauritian politician and former Prime Minister,succeeding,Aneerood Jugnauth,his father,who retired as leader of the majority in 2017.
Dr the Honourable Arvin Boolell is a Mauritian politician currently serving as Minister of Agro-Industry,Food Security,Blue Economy and Fisheries. Boolell formerly served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2019 to 2021,when he resigned. In 2024,he served as Leader of the Opposition again until the National Assembly elections on 10 November 2024.
Anil Kumar Bachoo and also known as Anil Baichoo is a Mauritian politician.
Nandcoomar Bodha,commonly known as Nando Bodha,is a Mauritian barrister,TV news presenter,politician and former government minister.
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.
Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed is a Mauritian Barrister and politician.
Sir Satcam Boolell GCSK QC was a Mauritian politician who served as member of the Legislative Assembly in Mauritius. He died on 23 March 2006,in Curepipe. He was also known as "Somduth" by his peers and family members.
Yogida Sawmynaden is a Mauritian politician.
Christian Harold Richard Duval is a Mauritian politician and former Private Parliamentary Secretary (PPS).
The Best Loser System (BLS) refers to the method used in Mauritius since the 1950s to guarantee ethnic representation across the entire electorate in the National Assembly without organising the representation wholly by ethnicity.
Satyajit Boolell,also known as Ajit Boolell,is a Mauritian lawyer. He previously served as the Director of Public Prosecutions (2009-2022). Under the Asset Recovery Act,this role is considered the enforcement authority of asset recovery in Mauritius.
Rajesh Anand Bhagwan,also known as Rajesh Bhagwan,is a Mauritian politician.
Yatindra Nath Varma,most commonly known as Yatin Varma,is a Mauritian politician.
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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)