List of prime ministers of Mauritius facts for kids

Five people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritius since the office was established in 1968, when independence from the United Kingdom was proclaimed. Additionally, one person has served as Chief Minister of Mauritius, the preceding office which existed from 1961 to 1968, while Mauritius still was a British crown colony.

List of officeholders

Political parties

     Labour Party (PTR)      Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM)      Militant Socialist Movement (MSM)

Chief Minister of Mauritius

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
British Mauritius
1		Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985)	1959	26 September 1961	21 October 1963	6 years, 168 days	PTR
			1963	21 October 1963	12 March 1968

Prime Ministers of Mauritius

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Alliance
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Mauritius (1968–1992)
1		Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985)	1967	12 March 1968	23 December 1976	14 years, 110 days	PTR	Independence Party (PTR–IFB–CAM)
			1976	23 December 1976	30 June 1982			PTR–CAM–PMSD
2		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	1982	30 June 1982	21 August 1983		MMM	MMM–PSM
(2)			1983	21 August 1983	30 August 1987		MSM	MSM–PTR
			1987	30 August 1987	15 September 1991			MSM–PTR
			1991	15 September 1991	Continued			MSM–MMM
Republic of Mauritius (from 12 March 1992 onwards)
(2)		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	—	Continued	20 December 1995	13 years, 173 days	MSM	MSM–MMM
3		Dr. Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947)	1995	15 December 1995	11 September 2000	4 years, 271 days	PTR	PTR–MMM
(2)		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	2000	12 September 2000	30 September 2003	3 years, 18 days	MSM	MSM–MMM
4		Paul Bérenger (born 1945)	—	30 September 2003	5 July 2005	1 year, 278 days	MMM	MSM–MMM
(3)		Dr. Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947)	2005	5 July 2005	5 May 2010	9 years, 165 days	PTR	PTR–PMXD–VF–MR–MMSM
			2010	5 May 2010	17 December 2014			PTR–PMSD–MSM
(2)		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	2014	17 December 2014	23 January 2017	2 years, 37 days	MSM	MSM–PMSD–ML
5		Pravind Jugnauth (born 1961)	—	23 January 2017	7 November 2019	7 years, 289 days	MSM	MSM–ML
			2019	13 November 2019	Incumbent			MSM–ML

Rank by time in office

See also

• Prime Minister of Mauritius
• Spouse of the prime minister of Mauritius
• List of heads of state of Mauritius
• President of Mauritius
• Governor of Mauritius