WHO IS PRAVIND JUGNAUTH?

In 2014, Jugnauth was invited by then-President Kailash Purryag to be the leader of the Opposition following the resignation of Paul Berenger. He has also served as the Leader of the Opposition for a period of three months, following which, he took charge as the Minister of Information Technology. In 2017, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was elected by his party (MSM) to lead the National Assembly. The announcement led to the leaving of ruling coalition partner Parti Mauricien Social Democrate, and Jugnauth was made the prime minister for the second half of the Alliance Lepep's mandate, which came to an end in 2019 with the General Elections.

 

Ever since Pravind Kumar Jugnauth came to power in 2019, he has made constant efforts to protect the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, which is a dispute between the United Kingdom and Mauritius. A decision was announced by the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the favour of the Mauritian government and Jugnauth called out the United Kingdom and the United States for their hypocrisy.

 

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth is of Indian origin.