List of prime ministers of Mauritius

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.^[1][2]

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Labour Party (Parti Travailliste) (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
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
1		Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985)	1967	12 March 1968	23 December 1976	14 years, 110 days	PTR	Parti de l'Indépendance PTR–IFB–CAM[3]
			1976	23 December 1976	30 June 1982			PTR–CAM–PMSD[4]
2		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	1982	30 June 1982	21 August 1983	13 years, 180 days	MMM	MMM–PSM–OPR[5]
			1983	21 August 1983	30 August 1987		MSM	Union MSM–PTR–PMSD[6][7]
								MSM–PMSD–RTM
								MSM–PTR–PMSD–RTM
			1987	30 August 1987	15 September 1991			MSM–PMSD–PTR–RTM–OPR[8]
								MSM–PTR–RTM–OPR
								MSM–MMM–RTM–OPR
			1991	15 September 1991	27 December 1995			MSM–MMM–OPR[9]
								MSM–RMM–OPR
3		Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947)	1995	27 December 1995	16 September 2000	4 years, 264 days	PTR	PTR–MMM–OPR[10]
								PTR–OPR–IND
								PTR–PMXD–OPR
(2)		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	2000	16 September 2000	30 September 2003	3 years, 14 days	MSM	MSM–MMM[11]
4		Paul Bérenger (born 1945)	—	30 September 2003	5 July 2005	1 year, 278 days	MMM	MSM–MMM
(3)		Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947)	2005	5 July 2005	5 May 2010	9 years, 165 days	PTR	Alliance Sociale PTR–PMXD–VF–MR–MMSM[12]
			2010	5 May 2010	13 December 2014			Alliance de L'Avenir PTR–PMSD–MSM[13]
(2)		Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021)	2014	13 December 2014	23 January 2017	2 years, 41 days	MSM	Alliance Lepep MSM–PMSD–ML[14]
5		Pravind Jugnauth (born 1961)	—	23 January 2017	12 November 2019	7 years, 295 days	MSM	MSM–ML
			2019	12 November 2019	13 November 2024			Alliance Lepep MSM–ML–MAG–PM[15]
(3)		Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947)	2024	13 November 2024[16]	Incumbent	177 days	PTR	Alliance du Changement PTR–MMM–ND–ReA

Timeline

Rank by time in office

Rank	Prime Ministers	Time in office
1	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	18 years, 225 days
2	Dr. Navin Ramgoolam	14 years, 249 days
3	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	14 years, 110 days
4	Pravind Jugnauth	7 years, 295 days
5	Paul Bérenger	1 year, 279 days

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
• List of political parties in Mauritius