Xavier-Luc Duval
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable
Member of Parliament
| name = Xavier Luc Duval
|honorific-suffix = GCSK ACCA
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| order = Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius
| president = Sir Anerood Jugnauth
| primeminister = Navin Ramgoolam
| term_start = 05 July 2005
| term_end =
| predecessor = Pravind Jugnauth
| order1 = Minister of Tourism
| president1 = Sir Anerood Jugnauth
| primeminister1 = Navin Ramgoolam
| term_start1 = 05 July 2005
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Leela Devi Dookhun
| successor1 =
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| party = Ptr
| occupation = Accountant
| religion = Christianity
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Hon Xavier Luc Duval GCSK ACCA is the actual Minister and head of Tourism department in Mauritius.He is an accountant by profession and is the leader of the PMXD political party which was in collation with other parties like Ptr and PMSD which won the elections in 2005 and he was appointed as Vice Prime Minister by the President on 5th July 2005 and will be leaving office in mid 2010.He is also member of parliament.
Facts
During his professional career, he was a founding partner of Coopers & Lybrand, Mauritius. He then became a Partner and Business Consultant at the DCDM, representative of Andersen Worldwide SC. In October 2000, he became Senior Partner at Nexia, Baker & Arenson, the Mauritian representative firm of Nexia International, a worldwide network of accountants and consultants employing some 12,000 professionals in 76 countries worldwide.
In 1994, he was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Tourism. His main achievements during the short term in office have been the abolition of the death penalty and the enactment of a law relating to Mauritian nationality. In 1998, he created the PMXD. Following a by-election in September 1999, he was elected and became the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Corporate Affairs and Financial Services.
In the General Elections of July 2005, he was once again elected as Representative of the National Assembly in Constituency No 18 (Belle Rose/Quatre Bornes) and was subsequently appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Tourism, Leisure and External Communications.
Hon. X. L. Duval is married and is father of three children.
Honours
Mr Duval was appointed as Grand Commander of The Star & Key Of the Indian Ocean on the labor day of 2008 by the President Sir Anerood Jugnauth and thus uses the Prefix Hon. and post nominal GCSK .