Mauritius now has a new prime minister. Veteran politician RAMGOOLAM was sworn in to office on Wednesday at State before the president and state officials.
This ascension to the post comes after three previous terms in office as per Mauritians will usher in New Hope to overturning the nation’s cost of living crisis.
Former premier, Mauritian politician Navin Ramgoolam has been sworn in as prime minister for his fourth term on Wednesday, ten years after he last left power, following his coalition’s dramatic triumph in a legislative election.
His Alliance du Changement (ADC) coalition won a landslide 60 of the 62 national assembly seats with 62.6% of votes in Sunday’s ballot.
Ramgoolam took the oath of office during a brief ceremony at State House, the official residence of President Prithvirajsing Roopun, in front of lawmakers, foreign diplomats and top civil servants.
He had previously served as prime minister from 1995 to 2000 and 2005 to 2014.
The country of about 1.3 million people, markets itself as a link between Africa and Asia, and has grown as an offshore financial centre and has been consistently ranked the easiest place to do business in Africa by the World Bank.
Despite steering the Indian Ocean archipelago to 7.0% economic growth last year, outgoing Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s popularity appeared to have been badly dented by a cost of living crisis and corruption allegations.
Last month Jugnauth, who had been in office since 2017, negotiated an agreement for Britain to cede the Chagos Islands while retaining the U.S.-British Diego Garcia air base.
