LC control no. | n 85319242 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Jugnauth, Aneerood, 1930- |
Variant(s) | Jugnauth, Anerood, 1930- |
Associated country | Mauritius |
Birth date | 1930 |
Place of birth | Palma (Mauritius) |
Affiliation | Independent Forward Block Mouvement Militant Mauricien Mauritius. Parliament Mouvement Socialiste Militant |
Profession or occupation | Prime ministers Politicians Legislators |
Found in | Aneerood Jugnauth, le premier ministre du changement, 1982: p. 3 (b. Palma 3/29/30) A man, a mission, a vision, c1994: t.p. (Sir Anerood Jugnauth) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jugnauth, Anerood; prime minister; born 1930 in Palma, Mauritius; began his political career shortly after completing legal studies in Great Britainl running as a candidate for the Independent Forward Block (IFB), he won a seat in the legislative assembly during the 1963 general elections; in 1966 attended the Constitutional Conference in London and shortly thereafter was appointed minister of state for development; in 1967 was appointed minister of labor; in 1971 reentered politics as a member of the newly formed Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), rising in the ranks to become party president in 1974; won a seat in parliament in 1976, and became leader of the opposition; was forced to leave the MMM and subsequently formed a new political party, the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM); in the 1983 elections, MSM party allied with two others to push the MMM from power and he won the 1987 elections; in September 2000, a MSM-MMM coalition swept legislative elections, and he became prime minister once again; was re-elected in September 2008) |