Nandcoomar Bodha MP (born नन्दकुमार बोधा on 3 February 1954) is a Mauritian politician and former

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. He was also the Minister of Tourism & Leisure of Mauritius. He has been holding the office since 11 May 2010 to 26 July 2011, He held the same office from 2000 to 2003 in the

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coalition government. When

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was sworn as Deputy Prime Minister, he took the office of Minister of Agriculture in 2003 up to 2005.He was appointed 8th position in the

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. He is the

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of the

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since 1996. He is a journalist by profession and graduated from the

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. He has been an educator at the secondary level before moving to the national television network, the

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in 1980s. In 1991 he is appointed as

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of the MBC, position which he held up to 1995 until

became Prime Minister and appointed another person to the office. He was a candidate of the MSM in 1995 but the massive victory of the

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and

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alliance decided else. During the period he pursued his studies and graduated from an

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from the

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in 1999. He was called to the bar in 2000 and started practice from that period. In 2000, the

coalition wins the election and he is elected as 1st Member serving for Constituency No 16, Vacoas Floreal. He is appointed as Minister of Tourism & Leisure in the Cabinet of

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. Pravind Jugnauth was appointed as Minister of Agriculture. In 2003, Jugnaut's resignation and

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's appointment as Prime Minister made some changes to the cabinet.

was sworn as Deputy Prime Minister and Bodha backed him as Minister of Agriculture from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, the

coalition loses the general elections to

. Pravind Jugnauth, Leader of the MSM is not elected and therefore Berenger assumes the role of the Leader of Opposition. In 2006 the coalition breaks up and MSM becomes the second-largest party in the parliament. Thus the leader of the opposition was to be an MSM MP. Jugnauth announced that Bodha would hold the office until two MSM MPs left the alliance and regrouped with the

. The MMM became the second-largest party and thus Berenger is once again appointed as Leader of the Opposition. In 2010, the

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alliance won the general elections. He was therefore once again appointed as Minister of Tourism but resigned from his position as all other cabinet members of the MSM did. After being elected in the 2014 general elections, he was appointed Minister of Public Infrastructure and Land Transport as from 15 December 2014 to 12 November 2019. He was again elected in the 2019 general elections and was this time appointed as minister for foreign affairs and regional integration until 5 February 2021. On 6 February 2021, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha resigned as minister and as member of the "Movement Socialiste Militant". He now sits with opposition members since March 2021.

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