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The National Assembly ( French: Assemblée nationale) is Mauritius 's unicameral legislature, which was called the Legislative Assembly from 1968 until 1992, when the country became a republic. Prior to 1968 and under British rule it was known as the Legislative Council. The Constitution of Mauritius provides for the parliament of Mauritius to ...
Foreign relations. v. t. e. Mauritius has strong and friendly relations with the West, with South Asian countries and with the countries of southern and eastern Africa. It is a member of the World Trade Organization, the Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie, the African Union, the Southern Africa Development Community, the Indian Ocean ...
Government of Mauritius. Headquarters. Port Louis, Mauritius. Agency executive. Navin Beekarry, Director-General. Website. www .icac .mu. The Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC) ( French: Commission indépendante contre la corruption) is the Anti-corruption agency of Mauritius. The ICAC is headed by the Director-General.
The Ministry of Civil Services is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for all matters relating to government employees under the civil service system. The current Minister of Civil Service is Khalid bin Omar Al Marhoon. [1] The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Civil Service For Civil Service Affairs is Abdulrahman bin ...
The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Tourism and Leisure of Mauritius established in 1996 by the MTPA Act. The task of the MTPA is to promote the country's tourism industry, provide information to tourists on facilities, infrastructures and services, to initiate action to promote cooperation with other tourism agencies, to conduct research ...
On 28 January 2021, the United Nation's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruled, in a dispute between Mauritius and Maldives on their maritime boundary, that the United Kingdom has no sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, and that Mauritius is sovereign there. The United Kingdom disputes this and does not recognise the tribunal's ...
Statue of Hindu Goddess Durga at Ganga Talao.. Mauritius is a religiously diverse nation, with Hinduism being the most widely professed faith. According to the 2011 census made by Statistics Mauritius, Hinduism is the major religion at 48.54%, followed by Christianity at 32.71% (with Catholicism as the largest Christian denomination at 26.26%), followed by Islam 17.30% and Buddhism 0.18% in ...
The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the National Assembly that is not in government . This office is a constitutional one guaranteed by the laws of the country. The incumbent officeholder automatically becomes 7th in the order of precedence. The current Leader of the Opposition is Shakeel Mohamed who was ...