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{{short description|Mauritian Politician}}
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|honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]]
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable|The Honourable]]
| name = Shakeel Mohamed<br>شیکیل محمد<br><small> [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| name = Shakeel Mohamed<br>[[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| image =
| image =
| order = '''Member of the Labour Party'''
| order = [[Labour Party (Mauritius)|Leader of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group]]
| president= [[Kailash Purryag]]<br>[[Ameenah Gurib]]
| order1 = '''Former Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment'''
| president1 = [[Anerood Jugnauth]]
| leader = [[Navin Ramgoolam]]
| term_start1= 20 December 2014
| term_end1=
| order1 = Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment
| president1 = [[Anerood Jugnauth]]<br>[[Kailash Purryag]]
| primeminister1= [[Navin Ramgoolam]]
| primeminister1= [[Navin Ramgoolam]]
| term_start1= 18 May 2010
| term_start1= 18 May 2010
| term_end1= 06 October 2014
| term_end1= 06 October 2014
| order2 = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />for<br />[[Constituencies of Mauritius|Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East]]
| term_start2 = 18 May 2010
| term_end2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mauritius]]
| birth_place = Port-Louis, [[Mauritius]]
| spouse =
| spouse =
|parents = '''Yusuf Mohamed'''
| parents = Yousouf Mohamed
| children =
| children = 3
| party = [[Mauritian Labour Party]]
| party = [[Militant Socialist Movement|MSM]] ''(1993-2000)''<br>[[Mauritian Labour Party]]''(2000-present)''
| website =
| website =
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br>[[Barrister]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Lille]], [[University of Buckingham]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Lille]], [[University of Buckingham]]
}}
}}


'''Shakeel Mohamed''' (born شیکیل محمد on 25 August 1968) is a [[Mauritian]] [[politician]], [[member of parliament]] of [[Mauritius]] and a member of the [[Mauritian Labour Party]] since 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/English/hmembers/Pages/Mohamed-Shakeel-Ahmed-Yousuf-Abdul-Razack.aspx|title=Bio-data of Honourable Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack MOHAMED, MP|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
'''Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed<ref>http://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/English/hmembers/Pages/Mohamed-Shakeel-Ahmed-Yousuf-Abdul-Razack.aspx</ref>''' (born on 25 August 1968) is a [[Mauritian]] [[Barrister]] and [[politician]] serving as [[member of parliament]] Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East. He is also the [[Labour Party (Mauritius)|Leader of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group]] as party leader [[Navin Ramgoolam]] was not elected to parliament in 2014.

Mohamed is the son of Yousouf Mohamed, former MP and Minister who is himself the son of Indian born-Mauritian Minister [[Abdool Razack Mohamed]]<ref>https://www.5plus.mu/node/15178</ref> with his second wife, one Miss. Ducasse. Mohamed was a member of the [[Mouvement Socialist Militant|MSM party]] and was candidate in the 1995<ref>http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/1995/allyr95.pdf</ref> where he was not elected. He became a disciple of [[Anerood Jugnauth]] but shortly entered into disagreement with the latter on policy issues. He then resigned from the party and joined the Labour Party in 2000<ref>https://shakeelmohamed.info/</ref>. He was elected to parliament in 2005 and continues to serve as such up to now.

He was appointed as Minister in the cabinet of [[Navin Ramgoolam]] from 2010 to 2014 where his party lost the general elections. He was the senior-most, out of 4 elected candidates, member of the party and was therefore appointed to serve as Parliamentary Group Leader.


==Education and Professional career==
==Education and Professional career==
Shakeel Mohamed is an alumni of the University of Buckingham where he read law. He was called to the bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple Inns of Court.
His Honourable Shakeel Mohamed is an experienced barrister-at-law and attorney, and has also worked in the industrial relations and labor law field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mclawoffices.net/staff/shakeel-mohamed/|title=SHAKEEL MOHAMED|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


== External links ==
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Revision as of 20:20, 29 July 2019

Shakeel Mohamed
MP
Leader of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group
PresidentKailash Purryag
Ameenah Gurib
LeaderNavin Ramgoolam
Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment
In office
18 May 2010 – 06 October 2014
PresidentAnerood Jugnauth
Kailash Purryag
Prime MinisterNavin Ramgoolam
Member of Parliament
for
Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East
Assumed office
18 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1968-08-25) 25 August 1968 (age 55)
Port-Louis, Mauritius
Political partyMSM (1993-2000)
Mauritian Labour Party(2000-present)
Children3
ParentYousouf Mohamed
Alma materUniversity of Lille, University of Buckingham
OccupationPolitician
Barrister

Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed[1] (born on 25 August 1968) is a Mauritian Barrister and politician serving as member of parliament Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East. He is also the Leader of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group as party leader Navin Ramgoolam was not elected to parliament in 2014.

Mohamed is the son of Yousouf Mohamed, former MP and Minister who is himself the son of Indian born-Mauritian Minister Abdool Razack Mohamed[2] with his second wife, one Miss. Ducasse. Mohamed was a member of the MSM party and was candidate in the 1995[3] where he was not elected. He became a disciple of Anerood Jugnauth but shortly entered into disagreement with the latter on policy issues. He then resigned from the party and joined the Labour Party in 2000[4]. He was elected to parliament in 2005 and continues to serve as such up to now.

He was appointed as Minister in the cabinet of Navin Ramgoolam from 2010 to 2014 where his party lost the general elections. He was the senior-most, out of 4 elected candidates, member of the party and was therefore appointed to serve as Parliamentary Group Leader.

Education and Professional career

Shakeel Mohamed is an alumni of the University of Buckingham where he read law. He was called to the bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple Inns of Court.

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