Mauritius Labour Party
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Labour Party
Parti Travailliste |
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| Abbreviation | PTr |
| Leader | Navin Ramgoolam |
| President | Patrick Assirvaden |
| General Secretary | Kalyanee Juggoo |
| Founder | Dr Maurice Curé |
| Founded | 23 February 1936 |
| Headquarters | Les Salines, Port Louis |
| Newspaper | Advance |
| Youth wing | Young Labour |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colors | Red |
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The Labour Party (PTR; French: Parti Travailliste) is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Mauritius, and one of the three main Mauritian political parties along with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM). Part of the Labour Party-MMM alliance, it has 4 Mps directly elected in the general election of 2014. The party is led by Navin Ramgoolam. Founded in 1936, the party was in power from 1948 to 1982, from 1995 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2014. From 1983 to 1990, it formed part of a coalition government as a minority partner.
The Labour Party was founded in 1936 by Maurice Cure based on the British Labour Party with the vision and determination to protect workers' rights and freedoms, including compensation, and a higher wage rate with paid leave. The movement was encouraged by 55 conferences held by the leaders of the party throughout the country. Among other goals were the initial resolutions to obtain suffrage for the working class, representation in the Legislative Council, the organization of a Department of Labour, the prohibition of capitalist exploitation of sugar plantations, as well as the overall implementation of socialist values among Mauritian government agencies.
The founders of the Mauritian Labour Party were Cure, Jean Prosper, Mamode Assenjee, Hassenjee Jeetoo, Barthelemy Ohsan, Samuel Barbe, Emmanuel Anquetil, Godefroy Moutia, and Pandit Sahadeo. The Labour Party remains the oldest major political party in the Republic. Since independence, it governed, either alone or in a coalition, from 1968 to 1982, led by Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, and again from 1995 to 2000 and 2005 to 2014, led by Navin Ramgoolam, son of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.
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