Navin Ramgoolam
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The Honourable Navin Ramgoolam GCSK FRCP |
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| Prime Minister of Mauritius | |
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In office 5 July 2005 – 17 December 2014 |
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| President |
Anerood Jugnauth Kailash Purryag |
| Preceded by | Paul Bérenger |
| Succeeded by | Anerood Jugnauth |
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In office 27 December 1995 – 11 September 2000 |
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| President | Cassam Uteem |
| Preceded by | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Succeeded by | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 11 September 2000 – 4 July 2005 |
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| Prime Minister |
Anerood Jugnauth Paul Bérenger |
| Preceded by | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Succeeded by | Paul Bérenger |
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In office 15 September 1991 – 20 December 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Preceded by | Prem Nababsing |
| Succeeded by | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Navinchandra Ramgoolam 14 July 1947 Port Louis, Mauritius |
| Citizenship |
Mauritius United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Veena Brizmohun (1979–present) |
| Parents |
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Sushil Ramjoorawon |
| Residence | Riverwalk, Floreal |
| Alma mater |
National University of Ireland London School of Economics Inns of Court School of Law |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Website | www.navinramgoolam.mu |
Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP (born 14 July 1947) is a former Prime Minister of Mauritius and leader of the Labour Party. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1991 to 1995. He served as Prime Minister for the first time from December 1995 until September 2000, and became Leader of the Opposition again from October 2000 to 4 July 2005. On 5 July 2005, he became prime minister for a second term after his Alliance Sociale won the general elections. He served again as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2014, when he was defeated.
Navin Ramgoolam was born on 14 July 1947 to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and his wife Lady Sushil Ramjoorawon. Navin Ramgoolam belongs to the Kurmi community. He attended the Royal College Curepipe from 1960 to 1966 and proceeded to study medicine in Ireland between 1968 and 1975, where he obtained the LRCP&SI licentiates from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
When his father, the current Governor General and former Prime Minister, died in December 1985, Ramgoolam was on the point of immigrating to Canada when Sir Satcam Boolell (then leader of Labour Party) and Paul Berenger (the leader of the Mauritian Militant Movement) convinced him to return assume the leadership of the Labour party. He subsequently served as a medical doctor at Dr A.G Jeetoo Hospital in Mauritius from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, he started his law studies at The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Upon completion of his LLB degree in 1990, he returned to Mauritius to face the electorate as the new leader of the Labour party in the 1991 general election.
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