Mauritius Reappoints Finance Minister After Graft-Appeal Success
- Pravind Jugnauth won appeal against graft conviction Wednesday
- Former finance minister Lutchmeenairadoo quit due to illness
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Pravind Jugnauth, the son of Mauritius’s prime minister, was reappointed as the Indian Ocean island nation’s finance minister, hours after winning an appeal against a conviction on charges of corruption.
Jugnauth, who served as finance minister from 2003 to 2005 and 2010 to 2011, was appointed on the recommendation of his father, Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, according to a statement by President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. The annual budget that was scheduled to be announced on June 6 will be postponed, Jugnauth said Thursday after a swearing-in ceremony in Reduit, near the capital, Port Louis.