Shakeel Mohamed
Shakeel Mohamed MP | |
|---|---|
| Opposition Whip | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2019 | |
| President | Prithvirajsing Roopun |
| Prime Minister | Pravind Jugnauth |
| Leader of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group | |
| In office 20 December 2014 – 10 October 2019 | |
| President | Kailash Purryag Ameenah Gurib |
| Leader | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment | |
| In office 18 May 2010 – 6 October 2014 | |
| President | Anerood Jugnauth Kailash Purryag |
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Member of Parliament for Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East | |
| Assumed office 18 May 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1968 Port-Louis, Mauritius |
| Political party | Labour Party(2000–present) MSM (1993–2000) Comité d'Action Mauricien (2000)[1] |
| Spouse | Hacinna Mohamed[2] |
| Children | Aydiin Mohamed Raheel Mohamed
Mika’il Mohamed Aylan Mohamed |
| Parent | Yousuf Mohamed & Zeinah Mohamed[3] |
| Alma mater | University of Lille, University of Buckingham |
| Occupation | Politician barrister |
| Website | http://mclawoffices.net/staff/shakeel-mohamed/ |
Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed[4] (born on 25 August 1968) is a Mauritian Barrister and politician.
Early life, family and education
Mohamed is the son of Yousuf Mohamed, former MP and Minister who is himself the son of Indian born-Mauritian Minister Abdool Razack Mohamed[5] with his second wife, Ghislaine Ducasse.[6]
Shakeel Mohamed is an alumnus of the Collège du Saint-Esprit where he was also head of the Debate Club.
Mohamed is an alumnus of the University of Buckingham, where he studied law. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1990 by the Middle Temple Inns of Court.[7]
Political career
Mohamed started his political career as a member of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) and was a candidate of the MSM-RMM alliance at the December 1995 National Assembly elections in Constituency No.2 (Port Louis South and Port Louis Central)[8] but he was not elected with 14.8% of votes. He was a member of the MSM of Anerood Jugnauth but later disagreed with him on policy issues.
At the September 2000 National Assembly elections Shakeel Mohamed was candidate in Constituency No.3 (Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East) of the party called Comité d'Action Mauricien, which was different from the original Comité d'Action Musulman (CAM). However he was again not elected and received 11.2% of votes. He then resigned from MSM and joined the Labour Party in 2000.[9]
At the July 2005 National Assembly elections Shakeel Mohamed was candidate of Alliance Sociale (Labour-PMXD-VF-MR-MMSM) in Constituency No.13 (Rivière des Anguilles and Souillac) and was elected for the first time with 49.3% of votes.[10]
At the May 2010 National Assembly elections he was candidate of the Labour-PMSD-MSM coalition in Constituency No.3 (Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East) and was elected for the second time with 40.2% of votes. He was appointed as Minister in the cabinet of Navin Ramgoolam from 2010 to 2014.[11]
At the December 2014 National Assembly elections he was candidate of the Labour-MMM coalition in Constituency No.3 (Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East) and was elected for the third time with 44.6% of votes. Shakeel was a member of the Opposition from 2014 to 2019. He became the Leader of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group when party leader Navin Ramgoolam was not elected to parliament in 2014.[12]
In 2019 Shakeel was candidate of Alliance Nationale (Labour-PMSD) at the November 2019 National Assembly elections in Constituency No.3 (Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East) and was elected for the fourth time with 52.0% of votes. Shakeel joined the Opposition again from 2019 onwards.[13] He also became Opposition Whip and member of the Standing Orders Committee.[14]
References
- ^ "Results of 2000 elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Kargoo, Christophe. "Au pays des délices". 5Plus. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ Capery, Fateema. "Yousuf Mohamed : Ma vie en images". Defimedia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Mohamed Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack". Mauritius National Assembly. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Quand Yousuf Mohamed raconte son père sir Abdool Razack". 5Plus (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Shakeel Mohamed , pourquoi je me bats". 5 Plus. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Shakeel Mohamed". MC Law. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/1995/allyr95.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Shakeel Mohamed - Home". Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Results of 2005 elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Results of 2010 elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Results of 2014 elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Results of 2019 elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Profile of Hon. Mohamed Shakeel". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 26 July 2020.