Anerood Jugnauth, the former president and prime minister of Mauritius passed away at the age of 91.
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Jugnauth was Mauritius’ longest-serving prime minister and held the post for more than 18 years.
He held the post of prime minister between 1982 and 1995, then again between 2000 and 2003, and later between 2014 and 2017.
He also served as the president of Mauritius from 2003-2012. He was considered the father of the Mauritian economic miracle of the 1980s.
Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar.
It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon.
The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands.
The capital is Port Louis It is the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the religion with the most adherents. Mauritius is the only African country to be in the “very high” category on the Human Development Index.
