- Navin Ramgoolam became the new Prime Minister of Mauritius.
- Ninin Ramgoolam was sworn in as Prime Minister for his fourth term.
- His Alliance du Changement (ADC) coalition won a landslide victory with 62.6% of the vote, winning 60 of the 62 National Assembly seats.
- Ramgoolam was sworn into office during a brief ceremony at State House.
- Ramgoolam launched a program in 2006 to cut bureaucracy and simplify taxes in order to diversify the $10 billion economy from tourism, textiles and sugar exports.
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