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The head of the Government is the Prime Minister of Mauritius, who manages the main agenda of the Government and direct the ministers. The 2023 Ibrahim Index of African Governance ranked Mauritius second in good governance. According to the 2023 Democracy Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that measures the state of democracy in ...
Mauritius is a democracy with a government elected every five years. The most recent National Assembly Election was held on 7 November 2019 in all the 20 mainland constituencies, and in the constituency covering the island of Rodrigues. Elections have tended to be a contest between two major coalitions of parties.
Mauritius has a multi-party system. [1] The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Mauritius a "full democracy" in 2022. [2] [needs update] Historically, Mauritius's government has been led by the Labour Party or the MSM for the exception of short periods from 1982 to 1983 and 2003–2005 where the MMM was at the head of the
Navin Ramgoolam, 77, is appointed prime minister and begins his third stint in the job.
The economy of Mauritius is a mixed developing economy based on agriculture, exports, financial services, and tourism. [14] Since the 1980s, the government of Mauritius has sought to diversify the country's economy beyond its dependence on just agriculture, particularly sugar production. [15]
Mauritius’s prime minister is to meet senior government figures, reports have suggested, amid claims that a deal for the UK relinquish control the Chagos Islands is nearing completion.
General elections were held in Mauritius on 10 November 2024. [1] The election was called after the government reached a deal with the United Kingdom to end the Chagos Archipelago dispute. Shortly before the election, a wire-tapping scandal surfaced.
On 20 July 2022 the chairman and several directors of Mauritius Telecom were revoked (Nayen Koomar Ballah, Dheerendra Dabee, Dev Manraj, Koosiram Conhye and Ramesh Bheekoo). They represented the 59.0% of the government's ownership of Mauritius Telecom as the state owns 33.49%, SBM Holdings Ltd owns 19% and the National Pensions Fund owns 6.55%.