Navin Ramgoolam

The Honourable MP Navin Ramgoolam नवीन चन्‍द्र रामगुलाम GCSK
Prime Minister of Mauritius
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2005
President	Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Paul Bérenger
In office 22 December 1995 – 17 September 2000
President	Cassam Uteem
Preceded by	Anerood Jugnauth
Succeeded by	Anerood Jugnauth
Leader of Opposition
In office 5 July 2000 – 5 july 2005
Prime Minister	Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Succeeded by	Pravind Jugnauth
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 1991
President	Cassam Uteem Agnidi Chettiar Agriana Pillay Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime Minister	Sir Anerood Jugnauth Paul Berenger
Preceded by	Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Personal details
Born	(1947-07-14) 14 July 1947 British Mauritius
Political party	Mauritian Labour Party
Spouse	Veena Ramgoolam
Alma mater	London School of Economics

Navinchandra Ramgoolam (नवीन चन्‍द्र रामगुलाम), GCSK,MP (born 14 July 1947) is the current Prime Minister of Mauritius. He first held this office from 1995 to 2000, and was reappointed in 2005, after his Alliance Sociale (a coalition including his own Mauritian Labour Party, the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval, and several smaller groups) defeated the Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement coalition of then Prime Minister Paul Bérenger in the 2005 general elections.

Biography

He is the son of the late Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. He trained as a doctor in Dublin, Ireland and achieved full registration with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom in 1977. He later converted to Law by achieving a Master of Laws qualification at the London School of Economics before starting a political career.

His first prime ministership was marked by two by-elections that he won and marred by island-wide racial riots after the death of Reginald Topize (a famous Seggae singer of creole origin) in prison. In 2000 he was defeated by two political leaders, Paul Bérenger and Anerood Jugnauth, who joined hands to oust him in 2000.

Between 2000 and 2005, Navin Ramgoolam was Leader of the Opposition. In 2005, a coalition the Social Alliance lead by Labour Party won the elections. Navin Ramgoolam kept his promise to introduced free transport service for the elderly as a tribute for their effort to bring Mauritius to where it stand and students for they are the future of the nation. He also specified tight deadlines for achieving various other (short-term) macroeconomic measures to ensure the country sustain development. These involved a tax reform amongst others.