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Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius
Senior member of the Cabinet of Mauritius
Senior member of the Cabinet of Mauritius
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Deputy Prime Minister |
| body | Mauritius |
| native_name | Premier Ministre adjoint de Maurice |
| insignia | Coat of arms of Mauritius (Original version).svg |
| insigniasize | 100px |
| insigniacaption | Coat of arms of Mauritius |
| image | Paul Berenger, 2024.jpg |
| imagesize | 150px |
| incumbent | Paul Bérenger |
| incumbentsince | 22 November 2024 |
| style | The Honourable |
| nominator | Prime Minister of Mauritius |
| appointer | President of Mauritius |
| termlength | At the president's pleasure |
| inaugural | Harish Boodhoo |
| formation | |
| salary | Rs 2,376,000 per year |
The deputy prime minister of Mauritius () is a senior member of the Cabinet of Mauritius. The deputy prime minister is the first in line to succeed the prime minister on a temporary basis in case the latter is out of the country, sick, resigns or dies suddenly. The office has existed before on an informal basis until its formal establishment under an amendment to the constitution in 1982. Harish Boodhoo became the first person to hold the office in July 1982.
The incumbent holder of the office is Paul Bérenger, who has held the office twice before, and was appointed by the president on 22 November 2024 following the general election held in 2024.
Constitutional position and duties
Under the Constitution of Mauritius, it provides for the establishment of the offices of prime minister and deputy prime minister, who are to be appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister.
The deputy prime minister is the first person to hold the office of prime minister and head of government in case the latter is absent from Mauritius or is by reason of illness or of section 60(5) unable to perform the functions conferred on him by the Constitution. The president, by directions in writing, authorize the deputy prime minister or, in his absence, some other minister to perform those functions and that minister may perform those functions (acting prime minister) until his authority is revoked by the president. Before the establishment of the office in 1982, the constitution dictated that any minister appointed by the Governor-General is authorised to exercise the functions of the office of prime minister until the Governor-General revokes such authority.
Under convention, the deputy prime minister is always chosen from the second-most senior member of the government, typically the leader of second largest party under a coalition government. Although in the late 1980s, it became common for the prime minister to appoint honorary deputy prime ministers in addition to the existing holder of the constitutional deputy prime minister and holders of the office were usually senior members of the cabinet or another junior member party of the coalition government.
Title
Constitutionally, the office is referred to as Deputy Prime Minister under the 1982 amendment that established the office. No formal legislation acknowledges or recognises an official French-translation for the office since English is the official language of law in Mauritius.
However, it was common to refer to the deputy prime minister in French-speaking media as vice-Premiére ministre and in English-speaking media as Vice Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister until the establishment of the separate office of Vice-Prime Minister in 2008. Hence, the deputy prime minister is referred nowadays in French-speaking media as Premiére ministre adjoint or simply referring to its English title whilst maintaining the French translation used before for the office of deputy prime minister instead to the Vice-Prime Minister.
Oath
According to section 67 of the Constitution of Mauritius, ministers are required to subscribe to the oath of allegiance and an oath of office before assuming their respective offices. The current text as outlined in the third schedule of the Constitution takes in the following form:
List of deputy prime ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Concurrent portfolio(s) | Party | Prime | ||||||
| Minister | Ref. | Took office | Left office | |||||||
| **1** | Parti Socialiste Mauricien}}" | [[File:Harish Boodhoo.jpg | 70px]] | Harish Boodhoo | ||||||
| (born 1946) | 2 July | |||||||||
| 1982 | 21 August | |||||||||
| 1983 | PSM | A. Jugnauth | ||||||||
| **2** | Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}};" | [[File:Gaëtan Duval 1983.tiff | 70px]] | Sir Gaëtan Duval | ||||||
| (1930–1996) | 21 August | |||||||||
| 1983 | 4 September | |||||||||
| 1987 | PMSD | |||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||
| 1987 | 12 August | |||||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||||
| **3** | Labour Party (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Satcam Boollel, 1980s.jpg | 70px]] | Sir Satcam Boolell | ||||||
| (1920–2006) | 15 August | |||||||||
| 1988 | 18 August | |||||||||
| 1990 | PTr | title=Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet 15 Aug | url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_fbis-afr-88-158/ | access-date=16 February 2025 | work=Agence-France Presse | date=15 August 1988 | via= FBIS Daily Report Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 August 1988, p. 6}} | |||
| **4** | Mauritian Militant Movement}};" | [[File:Prem Nababsing, 1994.jpg | 70px]] | Prem Nababsing | ||||||
| (1940–2017) | 25 September | |||||||||
| 1990 | 27 September | |||||||||
| 1991 | MMM | |||||||||
| 27 September | ||||||||||
| 1991 | 22 December | |||||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||||
| Mauritian Militant Renewal}};" | RMM | |||||||||
| **5** | Mauritian Militant Movement}};" | [[File:Paul Berenger in1992 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Paul Bérenger | ||||||
| (born 1945) | 30 December | |||||||||
| 1995 | 20 June | |||||||||
| 1997 | MMM | N. Ramgoolam | ||||||||
| **6** | Labour Party (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Kailash Purryag, 2013.jpg | 70px]] | Kailash Purryag | ||||||
| (1947–2025) | 2 July | |||||||||
| 1997 | 16 September | |||||||||
| 2000 | PTr | |||||||||
| **(5)** | Mauritian Militant Movement}};" | [[File:Paul Berenger, March 2005.jpg | 70px]] | Paul Bérenger | ||||||
| (born 1945) | 17 September | |||||||||
| 2000 | 30 September | |||||||||
| 2003 | MMM | A. Jugnauth | ||||||||
| **7** | Militant Socialist Movement}};" | [[File:Pravind Jugnauth 2004.jpg | 70px]] | Pravind Jugnauth | ||||||
| (born 1961) | 30 September | |||||||||
| 2003 | 5 July | |||||||||
| 2005 | MSM | Bérenger | ||||||||
| **8** | Labour Party (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Rashid Beebeejaun.jpg | 70px]] | Rashid Beebeejaun | ||||||
| (born 1934) | 7 July | |||||||||
| 2005 | 10 May | |||||||||
| 2010 | PTr | N. Ramgoolam | ||||||||
| 10 May | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 13 December | |||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||
| **9** | Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}};" | [[File:Charles Gaëtan Xavier-Luc Duval - World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Xavier-Luc Duval | ||||||
| (born 1958) | 15 December | |||||||||
| 2014 | 19 December | |||||||||
| 2016 | PMSD | A. Jugnauth | title=List of Honourable Members - National Assembly Elections 2019 | url=https://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/mauritiusassembly/index.php/hon-members-2019/ | access-date=16 February 2025 | website=mauritiusassembly.govmu.org | publisher=Mauritius National Assembly}} | |||
| **10** | Muvman Liberater}};" | [[File:Ivan Collendavelloo, 2018.jpg | 70px]] | Ivan Collendavelloo | ||||||
| (born 1950) | 20 December | |||||||||
| 2016 | 23 January | |||||||||
| 2017 | ML | |||||||||
| 23 January | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 12 November | |||||||||
| 2019 | P. Jugnauth | |||||||||
| 12 November | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 25 June | |||||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||||
| **11** | Plateforme Militante (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Steven Obeegadoo, 2023.jpg | 70px]] | Steven Obeegadoo | ||||||
| (born 1961) | 25 June | |||||||||
| 2020 | 12 November | |||||||||
| 2024 | PM | |||||||||
| **(5)** | Mauritian Militant Movement}};" | [[File:Paul Berenger, 2024.jpg | 70px]] | Paul Bérenger | ||||||
| (born 1945) | 22 November | |||||||||
| 2024 | Incumbent | MMM | N. Ramgoolam | title=Le nouveau cabinet ministériel en chiffres | url=https://defimedia.info/le-nouveau-cabinet-ministeriel-en-chiffres | access-date=16 February 2025 | website=defimedia.info | publisher=Defimedia. | language=fr}} |
Honorary deputy prime ministers
| Portrait | Name | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Concurrent portfolio(s) | Party | Prime | ||||||||
| Minister | Ref. | Took office | Left office | |||||||||
| Muslim Committee of Action}};" | [[File:Abdool Razack Mohamed.jpg | 70px]] | Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed | |||||||||
| (1906–1978) | 12 March | |||||||||||
| 1968 | 20 December | |||||||||||
| 1976 | CAM | S. Ramgoolam | ||||||||||
| Labour Party (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Satcam Boollel, 1980s.jpg | 70px]] | Sir Satcam Boolell | |||||||||
| (1920–2006) | 8 August | |||||||||||
| 1986 | 15 August | |||||||||||
| 1988 | PTr | A. Jugnauth | ||||||||||
| Militant Socialist Movement}};" | [[File:Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, 1980s.jpg | 70px]] | Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo | |||||||||
| (born 1944) | 30 September | |||||||||||
| 1986 | 4 September | |||||||||||
| 1987 | MSM | |||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 18 August | |||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Labour Party (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Dr.Beergoonath.png | 70px]] | Beergoonath Ghurburrun | |||||||||
| (1928–2013) | 15 August | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 5 August | |||||||||||
| 1991 | PTr | |||||||||||
| Mauritian Militant Movement}};" | [[File:Cassam Uteem, 2001.jpg | 70px]] | Cassam Uteem | |||||||||
| (born 1941) | 25 September | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 1991 | MMM | ||||||||||
| Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}};" | [[File:Charles Gaëtan Xavier-Luc Duval - World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Xavier-Luc Duval | |||||||||
| (born 1958) | 7 July | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 20 September | |||||||||||
| 2008 | PMSD | N. Ramgoolam | title=New Cabinet sworn in | url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.cc515006ac7521ae3a9dbea5e2b521ca/?javax.portlet.tpst=d158e5a042e413e96e5084e8e2b521ca_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d158e5a042e413e96e5084e8e2b521ca_viewID=detail14&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token | date=8 July 2005 | access-date=25 August 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116102034/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.cc515006ac7521ae3a9dbea5e2b521ca/?javax.portlet.tpst=d158e5a042e413e96e5084e8e2b521ca_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d158e5a042e413e96e5084e8e2b521ca_viewID=detail14&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token | archive-date=16 January 2006 | url-status=dead | website=gov.mu | publisher=Government of Mauritius}} | |
| Labour Party (Mauritius)}};" | [[File:Rama Sithanen, 2007.jpg | 70px]] | Rama Sithanen | |||||||||
| (born 1954) | 7 July | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 20 September | |||||||||||
| 2008 | PTr |
References
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