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  Mauritian Militant Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien) is a political party in Mauritius.
At the legislative elections of 11 september 2000, the party was part of a coalition of the Militant Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Militant Movement, that won 51.7 % and 58 out of 70 seats.
Governing in coalition with the Militant Socialist Movement of Sir Anerood Jugnauth, the party leader is former Prime Minister Paul Bérenger.
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 Politics of Mauritius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mauritian politics are vibrant and characterized by coalition and alliance building.
In July 1990, the MSM realigned with the MMM and in September 1991 national elections won 59 of the 62 directly elected seats in parliament.
Mauritian law is an amalgam of French and British legal traditions.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Politics_of_Mauritius   (497 words)

  
 Elections in Mauritius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
24 seats were won by Bérenger's coalition, consisting of the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM); of these, 22 were directly elected and 2 nominated as "best losers".
The two seats reserved for the island of Rodrigues were won by the Rodrigues Movement (OPR); another 2 OPR members were appointed as "best losers."
Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Militant Socialist Mauricien)
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 Politics of Mauritius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mauritian politics is vibrant and characterised by coalition and alliance building.
In 1983, defectors from the MMM joined with the PSM to form the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) and formed a majority in coalition with the MLP.
The MMM and MSM rejoined in a coalition that won the 2000 elections and, although a handful of MPs defected from the MSM in early 2005, both parties are expected to go together into the next election later in the year, competing against a MLP-led coalition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Mauritius   (727 words)

  
 Mauritius votes as industries under threat - Boston.com - Africa - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mauritians voted for a new government on Sunday, hoping it will mend an economy hurt by the loss of preferential trade deals which had helped the Indian Ocean island to become a relatively prosperous African nation.
Mauritian politics, like the island's society, is dominated by a complex system of race, class and caste.
Berenger's ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM)- Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) says it is ready for the challenges, pointing to its record on diversification.
www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/03/mauritius_votes_as_industries_under_threat   (619 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Mauritius
The opposition Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) gained strength throughout the 1970s and in 1982 swept to power, under the leadership of Anerood Jugnauth.
Ousted from the MMM in a power struggle, Jugnauth formed a new party, the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSM), which, in alliance with the MLP, won a parliamentary majority in 1983.
Jugnauth resigned in 2003 and was replaced as prime minister by longtime Mauritian political figure Paul Bérenger.
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 A short history of Mauritius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mauritian Creoles trace their origins to the plantation owners and slaves who were brought to work the sugar fields.
The alliance of the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (Mauritian Militant Movement, MMM) and the Parti Socialiste Mauricien (Mauritian Socialist Party, PSM) ins the 1982 election and MMM leader Anerood Jugnauth becomes prime minister.
Ramgoolam dismisses his MMM coalition partners in 1997, leaving Labor in power except for several small parties allied with it.
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 Mauritius Government - Constitution, Flag, and Leaders
Major political parties: Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), Mauritian Labor Party (MLP).
Ramgoolam dismissed his MMM coalition partners in mid-1997, leaving Labor in power except for several small parties allied with it.
Elections in September 2000 saw the re-emergence of the MSM-MMM as a winning alliance, as the coalition garnered 51.7% of the vote, and Sir Anerood Jugnauth once again became the prime minister with the caveat that mid-term, the leader of the MMM party would take over as prime minister.
www.factrover.com /government/Mauritius_government.html   (538 words)

  
 Polity IV Country Report 2003: Mauritius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In an alliance made during the September 2000 election, the MMM and the MSM formed a coalition bloc to challenge the ruling Labour Party.
As part of this agreement it was decided that Anerood Jugnauth (MSM) would serve a prime minister for three years with Paul Berenger (MMM) as his deputy prime minister.
Despite the dearth of Mauritian nationalism and multiethnic parties in this country, the Mauritian political system has historically forged governing alliances mitigating ethnic, religious, and ideological cleavages through parliamentary coalition-building.
www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Mas1.htm   (727 words)

  
 Mauritius History
Mauritian independence was not gained without opposition and violence.
The Mauritius Labor Party (MLP)-led coalition government of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, faced with the radical and popular challenge of the Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien--MMM) and its allies in the unions, promulgated the Public Order Act, which banned many forms of political activity.
The resilience and stability of Mauritian society, however, was demonstrated by the fact that an MMM-led government eventually gained power through the ballot box in 1982.
www.country-studies.com /mauritius/history.html   (505 words)

  
 Mauritius - Elections 2000 - Sustainable Democracy - SARDC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Both alliances, the ruling Labour Party with the Mauritian Party of Xavier Duval (PMXD) and the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) with the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) are led by long-time politicians.
The current prime minister, Nevin Ramgoolam, the Labour Party and Charles Duval, son of the founder of PMXD, are running on the government's record of low unemployment, low inflation and a economic growth rate of eight percent.
Mauritian politics is a mosaic of shifting alliances and personalities, complex and confusing to the outsider.
www.sardc.net /sd/elections2000/mauritius/mau_safety.html   (696 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Paul Bérenger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Paul Raymond Bérenger (born March 26, 1945) is a Mauritian politician and the current Prime Minister of Mauritius (since 2003).
He was formerly best known as the leader of the socialist Mouvement Militant Mauricien.
Alternative meaning: Prime Minister (band) A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paul-B%E9renger   (304 words)

  
 Background Note: Mauritius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), and Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD).
A coalition composed of the Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), the Muslim Committee of Action (CAM), and the Independent Forward Bloc (IFB)- -a traditionalist Hindu party--won a majority in the 1967 Legislative Assembly election, despite opposition from Franco- Mauritian and Creole supporters of Gaetan Duval's Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD).
Mauritian politics are turbulent and characterized by coalition and alliance building.
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 Mauritius (12/99)
Major political parties: Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), and the Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD).
Mauritian investors are gradually entering African markets, notably Madagascar and Mozambique.
Military advisers from the United Kingdom and India work with the SMF, the Coast Guard, and the Police Helicopter Unit, and Mauritian police officers are trained in the United Kingdom, India, and France.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/m/6265.htm   (2040 words)

  
 History of Mauritius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Indo-Mauritians are descended from Indian immigrants who arrived in the 19th century to work as indentured laborers after slavery was abolished in 1835.
A coalition composed of the Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), the Muslim Committee of Action (CAM), and the Independent Forward Bloc (IFB)--a traditionalist Hindu party--won a majority in the 1967 Legislative Assembly election, despite opposition from Franco-Mauritian and Creole supporters of Gaetan Duval's Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD).
This event was preceded by a period of communal strife, brought under control with assistance from British troops.
www.historyofnations.net /africa/mauritius.html   (709 words)

  
 New Article Uploaded   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The NEA is expected to further diversify the Mauritian economy into a high-skill services sector endowed with an efficient public sector delivering quality services, and a modern infrastructure consisting of new public transport systems and state-of-the-art information technology.
The IMF has encouraged the Mauritian government to reduce the remaining involvement of government in commercial activities while implementing further structural reforms aimed at creating greater opportunities for private sector investment and employment.
Although the US is still a relatively small market for Mauritian exports, growth in exports to the largest economy in the world has helped to boost overall export data in recent years.
www.fnb.co.za /economics/subscriptions/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1741   (5302 words)

  
 Mauritian Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mauritian Prime Minister Paul Berenger on Monday conceded his ruling coalition's defeat in weekend parliamentary...
Prime Minister Paul Berenger of the outgoing Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) is seeking to stay in power...
In recent years, the interest of our Members in the traditional trade missions consisting of organized visits of Mauritian businessmen to meet their counterparts in targeted countries seem to have decreased significantly.
www.mauritiantrader.com /resources/mauritian-election.html   (681 words)

  
 Mauritius (10/05)
Major political parties: MSM-MMM Alliance (Militant Socialist Movement and Mauritian Militant Movement) and the Social Alliance (made up of several parties, including the Mauritian Labor Party).
The main engines of growth in the Mauritian economy, namely the sugar and textile industries, are faced with the erosion of preferential trade arrangements stemming from the proposed reforms of the European Union sugar regime, the phasing out of the Multi Fiber Agreement, and the increasing trend towards the globalization of world trade.
Trade, commitment to democracy, colonial and cultural ties, and the country's small size are driving forces behind Mauritian foreign policy.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2833.htm   (2991 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mauritian Militant Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Opposition leader Anerood Jugnauth, a former prime minister and the leader of the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSM), won a resounding victory and returned to the premiership.
In a surprise move, in August 2000 President Cassam Uteem dissolved the national assembly and called early elections in August, in large part because of a series of corruption scandals that had led to the resignation of several cabinet ministers.
In the elections, the victorious opposition alliance led by the MSM was allied with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM).
www.freedomhouse.org /research/africa2002/mauritius.doc   (839 words)

  
 Mauritius (12/04)
The United States provides training to Mauritian security officers in such fields as counter-terrorism methods, seamanship, and maritime law enforcement.
Mauritian exports to the U.S. include apparel, sugar, non-industrial diamonds, jewelry articles, live animals, sunglasses, and cut flowers.
This exemption is expected to give a further boost to Mauritian export of apparel to the United States.
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 Panapress Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian government Tuesday reassured the public that no signs of bird flu have been found in the island and that analyses continued on domestic livestock and avian fauna.
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agri- Business Minister Arvin Boolell has said that his government was ready to turn the country into a great seafood hub in order to double its fishery exports to the EU states.
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian agro-industry minister, Arvin Boolell, who is also the spokesman of the Africa- Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) sugar producers, said on Tuesday that his grouping was not against reforms of the European sugar regime but wants the scheme not to be conducted in a brutal and devastating manner.
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 Mauritius - Elections 2000 - Sustainable Democracy - SARDC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
That is not, the former justice of the supreme court, university lecturer, legal consultant and well-connected analyst, to say that Mauritians are passive or bored about their sixth parliamentary election which will take place next Monday.
In nine months MMM split away and Berenger formed the parliamentary opposition.
When the grand old man went down to his crushing defeat, it was Berenger and his MMM who made an alliance with Labour, led by Navin Ramgoolam.
www.sardc.net /sd/elections2000/mauritius/mau_democratic.html   (1138 words)

  
 IOL: Don't fear change, says new Mauritian leader
The speech was aired shortly after Mauritian President Anerood Jugnauth named Ramgoolam, the chief of the Labour Party, the country's new head of government after Berenger resigned following defeat in the election.
Berenger, who held on to his seat in parliament despite the loss of his Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) coalition to Ramgoolam's Social Alliance, immediately took over as chief of the opposition.
But in the 1995 elections, the younger Ramgoolam trounced Jagnauth, the then prime minister, who had been in power since 1982, and who was to became the island's president when his Socialist Militant Movement (MSM) joined forces with Berenger's MMM to beat Ramgoolam in the 2000 elections.
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 Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Faisal Bodi: Apocalypse now
In December 2000 the Mauritian government arrested the leader of the Muslim opposition party, Hizbullah (no relation to the Lebanese "party of God").
Meeah has been a thorn in the side of Mauritian politicians ever since he returned to his native island after seven years in Mecca.
Most of its 50% Hindu population votes for the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSN), or the Labour party, with the 30% of Christians for the rival Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM).
www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,834409,00.html   (921 words)

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