sir anerood jugnauth kcmg qc gcsk pc born 29 march 1930 is a mauritian politician and currently the prime minister of mauritius since december 2014 he also holds various ministerial portfolios including minister of rodrigues defence home affairs and national development unit he also serves as member of parliament mp for constituency no 7 piton riviere du rempartjugnauth has continuously except for periods 19952000 and 20122014 hold a constitutional office since 1976 he was leader of the opposition from 1976 to 1982 he served as prime minister from 1982 to 1995 and again from 2000 to 2003 he was then elected as president of mauritius and served as such from 2003 to 2012 following his partys victory in the 2014 general elections he was appointed again to serve his sixth term as prime minister by president kailash purryag on 14 december 2014he served four consecutive terms as prime minister from 1982 to 1995 and was then voted out of office from 1995 to 2000 he is the longest serving prime minister with more than 16 years of tenure thus overtaking seewoosagur ramgoolam who held the office for 14 years as leader of the militant socialist movement he became prime minister again for a fifth term after the 2000 election his alliance partner paul brenger of the mauritian militant movement succeeded him in 2003 after serving as jugnauths deputy for three years jugnauth was then elected president in 2003 often nicknamed as rambo a film character known to be unbeatable in mauritian politics he is known as such for his personality as he is the only prime minister who won four general parliamentary elections in a row those in 1982 1983 1987 1991 he is also the only mauritian who has served as leader of the opposition prime minister and president of the country he is the only prime minister to have had a sibling and his son in his own cabinet from 2000 to 2003he was called to the bar by lincolns inn he was a cabinet minister during the leadership of seewoosagur ramgoolam from 1965 up to 1969 in 1970 he moved out and went to the newly created political party of the mauritian militant movement where he eventually became its leader in 1982 he created his own political party called militant socialist movement in 1983 and was once more elected his party remained in power up to 1995 in 2000 he was once more elected prime minister and served until 2003 when he was sworn into the presidency from the beginning of his first mandate as prime minister he expressed his countrys readiness to establish strong economic ties particularly in creating technologybased projects with economic feasibility jugnauth is credited with the legacy of mauritius economic miracle of the 1980s a set of policies such as the revitalization of the dutyfree trade zone and establishing mauritius as a leader in textiles production which allowed the island to develop an economic presence in the regionhe founded the militant socialist movement party in 1983 he was honoured with pravasi bharatiya samman awards for his continued support for indias causes and concerns and for strengthening indias relationship with mauritius he has expressed his countrys readiness to establish strong economic ties particularly in creating technologybased projectshe was made queens counsel in 1980 and was made a member her majestys most honourable privy council in 1983 he was knighted by queen elizabeth ii in 1988 when mauritius was still a commonwealth realm and the queen was nominal head of state therefore he still uses his formal title of sir anerood and also the prefix used by privy councillors the right honourable his name is often abbreviated as saj being the initials of sir anerood jugnauthfollowing his resignation as president on 30 march 2012 due to major disagreement with the members of the government he led the main opposition coalition msmmmm from 2012 to mid2014however in april 2014 paul berenger announced the dissolution of the coalition due to major disagreement within both parties later berenger announced a coalition between the labour party and the mauritian militant movement jugnauth is since then leading the opposition team composed of the militant socialist movement pmsd and the ml which is a breakaway group of individuals who resigned from the mmm due to the coalition with the labour party jugnauths alliance known as lalliance lepep won the 2014 general elections