Lall Jugnauth Explained

Lall Jugnauth
Order:Attorney General of Mauritius
Primeminister:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Term Start:August 1967
Term End:August 1970[1]
Birth Date:15 November 1920
Birth Place:British Mauritius
Death Place:Quatre Bornes, Mauritius[2]

Lall Jugnauth (15 November 1920 – 1 August 1970) was actively involved in pre-colonial and post-colonial Mauritian politics.

Early life

Lall Jugnauth was the cousin of Aneerood Jugnauth who subsequently became Prime Minister and President of Mauritius.[3]

Education and career

Lall Jugnauth travelled abroad to study law. When he returned to Mauritius he joined the Civil Service and became a Magistrate before resigning to become actively involved in politics.[4]

Political career

At the 21 October 1963 Legislative Council elections Lall Jugnauth was a candidate of Independent Forward Bloc (IFB) in Constituency No.18 Montagne Blanche (at the time when there were 40 Constituencies on the island) where he was defeated by rival Satcam Boolell of the Labour Party (Mauritius).[5] At the 7 August 1967 Legislative Council elections Lall Jugnauth was elected as one of the three members for Constituency No.5 Pamplemousses-Triolet under the IFB banner and his running mates were Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Ramsoondur Modun who were all part of the Independence Party (Mauritius).[6] Lall Jugnauth became Attorney General from 1967 to 1969 when his party IFB (under Sookdeo Bissoondoyal's leadership) broke away from the ruling coalition. On 1 August 1970 Lall Jugnauth died, thus triggering by-elections in Constituency No.5.[7] At these by-elections (held on 21 September 1970) Dev Virahsawmy won the seat previously held by Lall Jugnauth and also became the first ever member of parliament of the newly formed Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM).[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 50 years independence anniversary . Defimedia . 2020-07-19.
  2. Web site: Pramode Jaddoo: Je ne suis pas un cheval de Troie. . Le Mauricien . 2017-07-19.
  3. Web site: Il y a 48 ans: arrestation de Dev Virahsawmy et décès de Lall Jugnauth . L'Express . 2018-08-02.
  4. Web site: Il y a 48 ans: arrestation de Dev Virahsawmy et décès de Lall Jugnauth . L'Express . 2018-08-02.
  5. Web site: Results of 1963 Legislative Council Elections . Office of Electoral Commissioner . Government of Mauritius . 2020-07-19.
  6. Web site: Results of 1967 Legislative Council elections . Office of Electoral Commissioner . Government of Mauritius . 2020-07-19.
  7. Web site: Incredible story: 1947 Abolition of the Mauritian Apartheid . Awareness . 2020-07-19.
  8. Web site: Virahsawmy . Dev . It had to be expected . L'Express . 2019-11-19.
  9. Web site: History of MMM . Mouvement Militant Mauricien . 2020-07-19.