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

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