Government & politics — Mauritius

• history: several previous;
• latest adopted 12 March 1968 amendments: proposed by the National Assembly; passage of amendments affecting constitutional articles, including the sovereignty of the state, fundamental rights and freedoms, citizenship, or the branches of government, requires approval in a referendum by at least three-fourths majority of voters followed by a unanimous vote by the Assembly; passage of other amendments requires only two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; amended many times, last in 2016

• chief of state: Presid
• ent Dharam GOKHOOL (since 7 December 2024) head of government: Pr
• ime Minister Navin RAMGOOLAM (since 13 November 2024) cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers (Council of Ministers) appointed by the president on the reco
• mmendation of the prime minister election/appointment process: president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for 5-year renewable terms; the president appoints the prime minister and deputy prime minister who have the majori
• ty support in the National Assembly most recent election date: 7
• November 2019 election results: 2019: Prithvirajsing ROOPUN (MSM) ele
• cted president by the National Assembly - unanimous vote 2015: Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM (independent) elected president by the Nati
• onal Assembly - unanimous vote expected date of next election: 2024

Description

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (70 seats maximum; 62 members directly elected multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and up to 8 seats allocated to non-elected party candidates by the Office of Electoral Commissioner; members serve a 5-year term)

Elections

last held on 7 November 2019 (next to be held by late 2024)

Election Results

• percent of vote by party - Mauritian Alliance 2019 (MSM, ML, MAG, and PM) 37.7%, National Alliance (PTR, PMSD, and MJCB) 32.8%, MMM 20.6%, OPR 1%, Other 7.9%
• elected seats by party as of November 2019 - the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) 38 seats, the Mauritius Labour Party (PTR) or (MLP) 14, Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) 8, and the Rodrigues People's Organization (OPR) 2
• composition as of July 2022 - men 56, women 14, percent of women 20% (2019)

• highest court(s): Supreme Court of Mauritius (consists of the chief justice, a senior puisne judge, and 24 puisne judges); note - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) serves as
• the final court of appeal judge selection and term of office: chief justice appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister; senior puisne judge appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice; other puisne judges appointed by the president with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Commission, a 4-member body of judicial officials including the chief justice; a
• ll judges serve until retirement at age 67 subordinate courts: lower regional courts known as District Courts, Court of Civil Appeal; Court of Criminal Appeal; Public Bodies Appeal Tribunal

• Alliance Morisien (Mauritian Alliance 2019
• coalition includes PM, MSM, ML, and MAG) [Pravind JUGNAUTH]
• Jean-Claude Barbier Movement (Mouvement Jean-Claude Barbier) or MJCB [Jean-Claude Barbier]
• Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien) or MMM [Paul BERENGER]
• Mauritian Social Democratic Party (Parti Mauricien Social Democrate) or PMSD [Xavier Luc DUVAL]
• Mauritius Labor Party (Parti Travailliste) or PTR or MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]
• Militant Platform or PM (Plateforme Militante) [Steven OBEEGADOO]
• Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Socialist Mauricien) or MSM [Pravind JUGNAUTH]
• Muvman Liberater or ML [Ivan COLLENDAVELLOO]
• National Alliance (coalition includes PTR, PMSD, and MJCB) [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]
• Patriotic Movement (Mouvement Patriotique) or MAG [Alan GANOO]
• Rodrigues Peoples Organization (Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) or OPR [Serge CLAIR]
• Note: only parties with seats in the National Assembly listed

• yes residency requirement for naturalization: 5 out of the previous 7 years including the last 12 months

ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

chief of mission

Ambassador Henry V. JARDINE (since 22 February 2023); note - also accredited to Seychelles embassy: 4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Avenue, Port Louis mailing address: 2450 Port Louis Place, Washington, DC 20521-2450

telephone

[230] 202-4400

FAX

[230] 208-9534

Email address and website

• PTLConsular@state.gov
• https://mu.usembassy.gov/

chief of mission

Ambassador Purmanund JHUGROO (since 7 July 2021)

chancery

1709 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone

[1] (202) 244-1491

FAX

[1] (202) 966-0983

Email address and website

• mauritius.embassy@verizon.net
• https://mauritius-washington.govmu.org/Pages/index.aspx