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Prime Minister · Mauritius

Pravind Jugnauth

32 recorded engagements, 2017–2024: 31 visits, 1 video conference and 2 signed agreements.

Open in the interactive map Mauritius country profile
32Engagements
31Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
2Signed agreements
11Destination countries
20Multilateral summits
2017–2024Years in LEAD

Biography

Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2017 to 2024

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (born 25 December 1961) is a Mauritian politician and former Prime Minister, succeeding, Aneerood Jugnauth, his father, who retired as leader of the majority in 2017. Following the victory of his, Alliance Morisien, coalition in the 2019 Mauritian General Elections, he remained in office, eventually losing the 2024 Mauritian general election. Jugnauth is the leader of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) party. He has held a number of ministerial portfolios and also been Leader of the Opposition.

== Early life and education ==

Born on 25 December 1961 in La Caverne, a suburb area in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius, Jugnauth was born into a Ahir(Yadav), Hindu family. He was born to Anerood Jugnauth, former President and prime minister of Mauritius, and Sarojini Ballah, a schoolteacher. He has an elder sister, Shalini Jugnauth-Malhotra.

After primary schooling at Aryan Vedic, he studied at Royal College Curepipe. He then went on to study law at the University of Buckingham, thus joining the Lincoln's Inn, and became a barrister. He then joined Aix-Marseille University in France where he graduated with a "diploma in civil law."

== Family life ==

Pravind Jugnauth married...

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Where they travelled

Mauritius   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America8
  • India7
  • United Kingdom7
  • Ethiopia3
  • Ivory Coast1
  • France1
  • China1
  • Saudi Arabia1
  • Japan1
  • Rwanda1
  • United Arab Emirates1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations32
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs18
  • Trade and Economic Relations6
  • Development and Aid5
  • Environment and Climate Change2

Activity by year

2017: 5 engagements2018: 4 engagements2019: 7 engagements2020: 3 engagements2021: 2 engagements2022: 5 engagements2023: 3 engagements2024: 3 engagements201720202024

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2017-05-26IndiaEconomics
2017-11-26Ivory CoastFunctional cooperation

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2017-05-26 – 2017-05-28VisitIndia · New DelhiAgreement signedEconomics
2017-07-03 – 2017-07-04Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2017-09-15 – 2017-09-22Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2017-11-26 – 2017-11-30Visit SummitIvory Coast · AbidjanAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2017-12-12 – 2017-12-15Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2018-04-16 – 2018-04-20Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2018-09-03 – 2018-09-04Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2018-09-20VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2018-09-28Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2019-01-20 – 2019-01-28VisitIndia · New Delhi
2019-03-18 – 2019-03-19VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2019-05-20 – 2019-05-21VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2019-05-21 – 2019-05-23VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2019-05-30 – 2019-05-31VisitIndia · New Delhi
2019-08-28 – 2019-08-30Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2019-12-02 – 2019-12-10VisitIndia · New Delhi
2020-01-10 – 2020-01-21Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2020-02-08 – 2020-02-11Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2020-09-26Video conference SummitUnited States of America · New York
2021-09-24Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2021-10-31 – 2021-11-05Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · Glasgow
2022-04-17 – 2022-04-24VisitIndia · New Delhi
2022-06-24 – 2022-06-25Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2022-09-16 – 2022-09-20VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2022-09-20 – 2022-09-24Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2022-12-13 – 2022-12-15Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2023-09-07 – 2023-09-10Visit SummitIndia · New Delhi
2023-09-19 – 2023-09-22Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2023-12-01 – 2023-12-02Visit SummitUnited Arab Emirates · Dubai
2024-02-16 – 2024-02-18Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2024-06-09 – 2024-06-11VisitIndia · New Delhi
2024-07-24 – 2024-07-25VisitUnited Kingdom · London

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Pravind Jugnauth leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/pravind-jugnauth.html]