Official website · Me Nando Bodha
Serving Mauritius, with values.
Five-time Member of Parliament for Vacoas and Floréal, holder of four ministerial portfolios, Leader of the Opposition, minister responsible for the Metro Express from 2014 to 2019 and head of Mauritian diplomacy: more than forty years in the service of the Republic.
Barrister · Former Minister of Foreign Affairs · Leader of the Rassemblement Mauricien
Born in 1954 into a family of modest means in the north of the island, Nando Bodha climbed every step through education, hard work and commitment. Teacher, journalist, Director General of the MBC and barrister, he entered Parliament in 2000 and sat there for twenty-four years.
As Minister of Tourism and Leisure, of Agriculture, of Public Infrastructure and Land Transport, and then of Foreign Affairs, he linked his name to the return of rail to Mauritius, the modernisation of the road network and the opening of the country's trade towards Africa and Asia. Since 2021 he has led the Rassemblement Mauricien.
« The culture of power and the way the MSM is run no longer reflect the values and principles that have always defined my political career. »
Milestones
2000
Elections · 11 September 2000
He wins his first term in Constituency No. 16 under the MSM-MMM banner.
2006
Government · April 2006
He serves as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly until September 2007.
2014
Government · 15 December 2014
He takes charge of major road projects and public transport.
2019
Government · 3 October 2019
Prime Ministers Pravind Jugnauth and Narendra Modi inaugurate the first phase, between Port Louis and Rose Hill; commercial service begins on 10 January 2020.
2019
Diplomacy · 22 March 2019
He takes on Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, while retaining Infrastructure.
2021
Party · 23 July 2021
The party is launched at the Caudan Arts Centre with twenty-five founding members.
18,8 Md Rs
phase 1 contract, including Rs 9.9 billion in Indian grant funding
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2016–2019
From project approval to the inauguration of the first phase: the country's first passenger rail service since 1956.
34 → 15 Md Rs
decongestion programme budget, revised downwards
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2015–2019
A programme of new interchanges and link roads to relieve congestion in Port Louis and on the M1 motorway, launched and set in motion during his tenure.
50 000 Rs
minimum fine for driving while disqualified (2018 Act)
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2015–2019
An overhaul of the penalty system in 2015, followed by the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 targeting the most dangerous behaviour.
50 M Rs
2019-20 Budget provision to prepare for resettlement
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2019–2021
As head of Mauritian diplomacy in the years following the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, he defended Mauritian sovereignty in Parliament and supported Mauritius's initiative at the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.
7 504
Chinese tariff lines opened duty-free
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2019–2021
The first free trade agreement concluded by China with an African country, signed in 2019 and in force since 1 January 2021.
≈ 3 000
Mauritians stranded abroad in April 2020
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2020
Repatriation flights, an emergency loan and a support unit for Mauritians stranded abroad by border closures.
The Rassemblement Mauricien
The commitments that Nando Bodha and the Rassemblement Mauricien publicly champion, as he has set them out in Parliament, in the press and before the people of Mauritius.
01
Limit the Prime Minister to two terms, entrust appointments to key posts to an independent constitutional committee, and regulate the financing of political parties by law.
02
A quality-price shield covering at least forty essential products, and a National Purchasing Power Council chaired by the head of government.
03
Electoral reform that introduces an element of proportional representation, improves the representation of women and puts an end to parliaments without an opposition.
04
A strategy, dubbed the "One Trillion Rupee Economy", to grow the Mauritian economy to one trillion rupees within five years through innovation and the emergence of new sectors.
With Me Kailash Trilochun, Nando Bodha denounces the bill and announces a constitutional challenge should it be passed.
Read articleIn the face of what he describes as a crisis of leadership, the Leader of the Rassemblement Mauricien proposes an economic and social change of course.
Read articleIn a wide-ranging interview, Nando Bodha sets out his proposals on the cost of living, health and electoral reform.
Read articlePress conference · Ebène
Video · Statement
Interview, Defimedia
Statement · Reaction, Defimedia
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