The Fourth Navin Ramgoolam cabinet is the incumbent cabinet of Mauritius, headed by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. It was formed in November 2024 after the 2024 Mauritian general election.
Ramgoolam's electoral alliance of Alliance du Changement, composed of the Labour Party, Mauritian Militant Movement, New Democrats and Rezistans ek Alternativ, won the election by a landslide, taking all the elected seats in the National Assembly. He was appointed as prime minister on 12 November and sworn in on 13 November 2024 by President Prithvirajsing Roopun. His cabinet was fully sworn in and appointed on 22 November 2024.
Both parties representing Rodrigues, Rodrigues People's Organisation and Alliance Liberation, declared their support for the government and joined the majority bloc in the National Assembly. However, both parties are not represented with any ministers or junior ministers.
History Formation Following Ramgoolam's victory in the 2024 election, incumbent prime minister Pravind Jugnauth submitted his resignation to the President, Prithvirajsing Roopun, at 18:15, 12 November 2024. Afterwards, Roopun appointed Ramgoolam as prime minister on the same day and was sworn in the following day at the State House.
The division of portfolios were divided by each party under the winning alliance. Out of the 24 ministers appointed, the Labour Party had 14, the Mauritian Militant Movement with 8 and both New Democrats and Rezistans ek Alternativ with 1. In addition, Gavin Glover, having been recommended by the Labour Party, became the new Attorney-General, effectively giving Labour 15 ministers in total. 14 of the ministers are new and 10 of them having previous ministerial experience. Only two ministers are female: Arianne Navarre-Marie, who became Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, and Jyoti Jeetun, as Minister of Financial Services and Economic Planning. Both ministers are from the Mauritian Militant Movement.
Ramgoolam maintained for himself the ministerial posts falling under the prime minister's office whilst also keeping the role of finance minister. Paul Bérenger received the post of Deputy Prime Minister, with the post of Vice-Prime Minister being discontinued under the new government. He, however, did not take up any of the ministerial portfolios available and instead took the additional title of minister without portfolio. Shakeel Mohamed was designated as the third-highest-ranking member of the cabinet, becoming housing minister, whilst Rajesh Bhagwan becomes the fourth-ranking member, taking over the environment ministry.
In addition to the new cabinet was the reintroduction of the role of Junior Ministers, replacing the role of Parliamentary Private Secretaries under the previous government. Ramgoolam had previously used this office before in his previous premierships. A maximum of 10 junior ministers were appointed, with Labour having 5, the MMM with 3 and ND and ReA with 1 each.
The two Rodriguan parties represented in the National Assembly, Rodrigues People's Organisation and Alliance Liberation, declared their support to the incoming government and intended to join the majority. The latter party declared their support for the government on 14 November. Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues Franceau Grandcourt asked Ramgoolam to join the government, given the fact that it would facilitate and allow consistency in terms of coordination between the regional government in Rodrigues and the National Assembly. Francisco François, leader of the OPR, wished to cooperate and integrate its programme along with the priorities of the Alliance du Changement. Eventually, both parties became part of the government and sits with the majority in the Assembly. This left only two opposition MPs, one each from the Militant Socialist Movement and Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate. It is the lowest representation of opposition MPs in Mauritian history.
The new government was fully sworn in on 22 November 2024 at the State House, with the exception of Gavin Glover, who was appointed on 27 November and eventually sworn in on 29 November due to prior commitments. Shakeel Mohamed was appointed as Attorney-General for the time being by the President on 26 November.
Supporting parties Name Leader Ministers Junior ministers 2024 2026 2024 2026 Government parties PTr Labour Party Navin Ramgoolam MMM Mauritian Militant Movement Vacant ND New Democrats Khushal Lobine ReA Rezistans ek Alternativ Ashok Subron OPR Rodrigues People's Organisation Francisco François Unrepresented AL Alliance Liberation Dianette Henriette-Manan Unrepresented
Ministers Party key Labour Party Mauritian Militant Movement New Democrats Rezistans ek Alternativ Portfolio Portrait Minister Term Prime Minister Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam 12 November 2024present Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Paul Bérenger 22 November 202420 March 2026 Arianne Navarre-Marie 4 May 2026present Ministers Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications Navin Ramgoolam 22 November 2024present Minister of Finance Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands Minister without portfolio Paul Bérenger 22 November 202420 March 2026 Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare Arianne Navarre-Marie 22 November 2024present Minister of Housing and Lands Shakeel Mohamed 22 November 2024present Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Rajesh Bhagwan 22 November 2024present Minister of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries Arvin Boolell 22 November 2024present Minister of National Infrastructure Ajay Gunness 22 November 2024present Minister of Health and Wellness Anil Bachoo 22 November 2024present Minister of Tourism Richard Duval 22 November 2024present Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity Ashok Subron 22 November 2024present Attorney-General Shakeel Mohamed 26 November 202427 November 2024 Gavin Glover 27 November 2024present Minister of Financial Services and Economic Planning Jyoti Jeetun 22 November 2024present Minister of Energy and Public Utilities Patrick Assirvaden 22 November 2024present Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Ritish Ramful 22 November 2024present Minister of Youth and Sports Deven Nagalingum 22 November 2024present Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations Reza Uteem 22 November 2024present Minister of Land Transport Osman Mahomed 22 November 2024present Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection Michael Sik Yuen 22 November 2024present Minister of Tertiary Education, Science and Research Kaviraj Sukon 22 November 2024present Minister of Industry, SMEs and Cooperatives Aadil Ameer Meea 22 November 2024present Minister of Education and Human Resource Mahend Gungapersad 22 November 2024present Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation Avinash Ramtohul 22 November 2024present Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms Raj Pentiah 22 November 2024present Minister of Local Government Ranjiv Woochit 22 November 2024present Minister of Arts and Culture Mahendra Gondeea 22 November 2024present
Changes 20 March 2026 – Paul Bérenger resigned from his post as deputy prime minister, following his discontent with the progress of the government's agenda and insistence for a full-time finance minister. 4 May 2026 – Arianne Navarre-Marie was appointed as deputy prime minister to replace Paul Bérenger, with immediate effect.
Junior ministers Party key Labour Party Mauritian Militant Movement New Democrats Rezistans ek Alternativ Ministry Portrait Junior minister Term Finance Dhaneshwar Damry 22 November 2024present Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Joanna Bérenger 22 November 202423 March 2026 Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries Fabrice David 22 November 2024present Youth and Sports Karen Foo Kune 22 November 2024present Tourism Sydney Pierre 22 November 202431 July 2026 Local Government Fawzi Allymun 22 November 2024present Gender Equality and Family Welfare Anishta Babooram 22 November 20247 August 2025 Health and Wellness 7 August 2025present Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Rajen Narsinghen 22 November 2024present Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity Kugan Parapen 22 November 2024present Arts and Culture Véronique Leu-Govind 22 November 2024present
Changes 7 August 2025 – Anishta Babooram was transferred as junior minister from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, following conflicts with the senior minister Arianne Navarre-Marie. 23 March 2026 – Joanna Bérenger resigned as Junior Minister from the Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change following her father's and Chetan Baboolall's decision to leave the government. 31 July 2026 - Sydney Pierre was dismissed as Junior Minister from the Ministry of Tourism after he voted against during the committee stage amendments to the National Pensions Act under the Finance Bill of 2026. Pierre was the only member of the governing majority to vote against the amendment.
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