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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 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.jpg 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 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.jpg 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 Anerood Jugnauth 1991 (cropped).jpg 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) Anerood Jugnauth 1991 (cropped).jpg Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021)
Continued 20 December 1995 13 years, 173 days MSM MSM–MMM
3 Navin Ramgoolam 2014.png Dr. Navin Ramgoolam
(born 1947)
1995 15 December 1995 11 September 2000 4 years, 271 days PTR PTR–MMM
(2) Anerood Jugnauth January 2013.jpg Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021)
2000 12 September 2000 30 September 2003 3 years, 18 days MSM MSM–MMM
4 Paul Bérenger.png Paul Bérenger
(born 1945)
30 September 2003 5 July 2005 1 year, 278 days MMM MSM–MMM
(3) Navin Ramgoolam 2014.png 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) Anerood Jugnauth January 2013.jpg Sir Anerood Jugnauth
(1930–2021)
2014 17 December 2014 23 January 2017 2 years, 37 days MSM MSM–PMSD–ML
5 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, in New Delhi on December 06, 2019 (1) (cropped).jpg Pravind Jugnauth
(born 1961)
23 January 2017 7 November 2019 7 years, 342 days MSM MSM–ML
2019 13 November 2019 Incumbent MSM–ML

Rank by time in office

Rank Prime Ministers Time in office
1 Jugnauth, Sir AneroodSir Anerood Jugnauth 17 years, 145 days
2 Ramgoolam, Sir SeewoosagurSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 14 years, 110 days
3 Ramgoolam, Dr. NavinDr. Navin Ramgoolam 14 years, 72 days
4 Pravind Jugnauth 7 years, 342 days
5 Bérenger, PaulPaul Bérenger 1 year, 278 days

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