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November 29 2024 Gavin Glover takes office as Attorney General
November 22 2024 New cabinet is sworn in by President Prithvirajsing Roopun, with representatives from Parti Travailliste (14 ministers), MMM (8 ministers), Nouveaux Démocrates (1 minister), and Rezistans ek Alternativ (1 minister)
November 13 2024 Navin Ramgoolam takes office as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications
November 10 2024 General elections scheduled to take place in Mauritius.
November 10 2024 Opposition coalition Alliance du Changement won 60 of 64 seats in the Mauritian general election, with Navin Ramgoolam becoming the new prime minister.
November 1 2024 Mauritius suspended access to social media platforms 10 days before national elections, which opposition leaders condemned as an attack on freedom of expression and a desperate tactic by the ruling party.
October 2024 An anonymous Facebook account named Missie Moustass began releasing audio recordings of alleged phone conversations involving government officials, political adversaries, journalists, diplomats, and lawyers.
October 31 2024 The ICT Authority ordered telecommunication operators to block all social media platforms ahead of the general elections, citing concerns about illegal postings that may impact national security and public safety.
2021 Rehana Mungly-Gulbul succeeded Ashraf Caunhye as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius.
2019 Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won more than half of the seats in parliamentary election, securing Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a new five-year term as prime minister.
November 12 2019 Last cabinet swearing-in ceremony held, with the President appointing a new cabinet consisting of the Prime Minister and 24 ministers, including the Attorney General.
January 23 2017 86-year-old Sir Aneerood Jugnauth announced his resignation as prime minister, with his son Pravind Jugnauth being sworn in as the new prime minister.
December 19 2016 PMSD announced their resignation from the coalition government and joined the opposition.
2014 L'Alliance Lepep, a coalition of several political parties including MSM, Muvman Liberater and PMSD, won the national elections.

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