Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was born on 25 December 1961 and is a Mauritian politician serving as the prime minister of Mauritius since January 2017.
23 Facts About Pravind Jugnauth
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Pravind Jugnauth has held a number of ministerial portfolios and been Leader of the Opposition.
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Pravind Jugnauth was born to Anerood Jugnauth, a barrister, and Sarojini Ballah, a schoolteacher.
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Pravind Jugnauth then went on to study law at the University of Buckingham, thus joining the Lincoln's Inn, and became a barrister.
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Pravind Jugnauth married Kobita Ramdanee in 1992 and is the father of three daughters: Sonika, Sonali and Sara.
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Pravind Jugnauth entered the political arena in 1987 and officially joined the MSM in 1990.
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Pravind Jugnauth encouraged hydroponics and other modern methods of agricultural production as well as agricultural biotechnology research.
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Pravind Jugnauth created a National Agricultural Biotechnology Institute and Food Technology Laboratory in Mauritius and later launched the Small Planters Welfare Fund.
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Pravind Jugnauth increased subsidies on basic commodities and gave salary compensations well above inflation rates in two successive years.
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Pravind Jugnauth launched a project to make Mauritius a Duty Free Island.
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In 2006 MP Ashok Jugnauth left the MSM party and formed a new party following a dispute with Pravind Jugnauth regarding the leadership of the party.
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At that time Pravind Jugnauth was not an elected member of Parliament but still held leadership of the MSM.
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Pravind Jugnauth's victory paved the way for the next alliance during the 2010 general elections.
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Pravind Jugnauth served as Leader of the Opposition from September to December 2014.
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Pravind Jugnauth was appointed Minister of Information Technology following the Alliance Lepep's victory.
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Pravind Jugnauth served as Prime Minister of Mauritius during the second half of the Alliance Lepep's mandate which concluded with general elections in November 2019.
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In October 2020, Pravind Jugnauth described the British and American governments as "hypocrites" and "champions of double talk" over their response to the dispute.
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Pravind Jugnauth was honoured Doctor from the University of Buckingham with an Honoris Causa in 2005.
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Pravind Jugnauth was arrested on charges of "conflict of interest".
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On 30 June 2015 Pravind Jugnauth was found guilty under Article 13 of the Prevention Of Corruption Act 2002.
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Pravind Jugnauth was sentenced by the Intermediate court of Mauritius for 1 year of imprisonment.
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On 26 December 2012 Pravind Jugnauth was arrested and interrogated by Central CID on charges of sedition.
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Pravind Jugnauth's arrest was decried as being arbitrary and a form of harassment by Navin Ramgoolam, as the previous application of the anti-sedition law dated back to 1972.