Paul Bérenger

The Honourable
Paul Bérenger
GCSK
The Honourable Paul Bérenger GCSK
	Bérenger in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 November 2024
President	Prithvirajsing Roopun; Dharam Gokhool;
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam;
Preceded by	Steven Obeegadoo
	In office; 17 September 2000 – 30 September 2003
President	Cassam Uteem; Karl Offmann;
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth;
Preceded by	Kailash Purryag
Succeeded by	Pravind Jugnauth
	In office; 30 December 1995 – 20 June 1997
President	Cassam Uteem;
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam;
Preceded by	Kailash Purryag
Succeeded by	Kailash Purryag
Prime Minister of Mauritius
	In office; 30 September 2003 – 5 July 2005
President	Karl Offmann; Anerood Jugnauth;
Deputy	Pravind Jugnauth
Preceded by	Anerood Jugnauth
Succeeded by	Navin Ramgoolam
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Finance
	In office; 17 September 2000 – 30 September 2003
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Vasant Bunwaree
Succeeded by	Pravind Jugnauth
	In office; 15 June 1982 – 22 March 1983
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Veerasamy Ringadoo
Succeeded by	Anerood Jugnauth
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Regional Cooperation
	In office; 30 December 1995 – 20 June 1997
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam
Preceded by	Ramduthsing Jaddoo
Succeeded by	Navin Ramgoolam
Minister of External Affairs
	In office; 27 September 1991 – 18 August 1993
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Jean-Claude de l'Estrac
Succeeded by	Swalay Kasenally
President
Opposition offices
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 17 December 2014 – 20 December 2016
President	Kailash Purryag; Ameenah Gurib;
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Pravind Jugnauth
Succeeded by	Xavier-Luc Duval
	In office; 1 October 2013 – 15 September 2014
President	Kailash Purryag
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam
Preceded by	Alan Ganoo
Succeeded by	Pravind Jugnauth
	In office; 27 September 2007 – 23 January 2013
President	Anerood Jugnauth; Kailash Purryag;
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam
Preceded by	Nando Bodha
Succeeded by	Alan Ganoo
	In office; 5 July 2005 – 5 July 2006
President	Anerood Jugnauth
Prime Minister	Navin Ramgoolam
Preceded by	Navin Ramgoolam
Succeeded by	Nando Bodha
	In office; 5 July 1997 – 11 September 2000
President	Cassam Uteem
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Navin Ramgoolam
Succeeded by	Nicolas Von Mally
	In office; 21 August 1983 – 30 August 1987
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam; Veerasamy Ringadoo;
Prime Minister	Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by	Gaëtan Duval
Succeeded by	Prem Nababsing
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Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament; for Stanley and Rose Hill;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 January 1995
Preceded by	Himself
	In office; 15 September 1991 – 29 November 1994
Preceded by	Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra
Succeeded by	Himself
Member of Parliament; for Belle Rose and Quatre Bornes;
	In office; 20 December 1976 – 3 July 1987
Preceded by	Maurice Lesage
Succeeded by	None
Leader of the Mauritian Militant Movement
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 October 2013
Preceded by	Alan Ganoo
Personal details
Born	26 March 1945; Curepipe, British Mauritius
Party	Mauritian Militant Movement
Spouse	Arline Perrier (m. 1971)
Children	Julie; Paul-Emmanuel; Joanna
Alma mater	Bangor University

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Paul Raymond Bérenger (born 26 March 1945) is a Mauritian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005. Bérenger currently serves as deputy prime minister since November 2024 and has previously held the office twice from 1995 to 1997 and 2000 to 2003.

He has served as foreign minister and finance minister, both in two stints, in the governments of Anerood Jugnauth and Navin Ramgoolam. Bérenger, a Catholic Christian of Franco-Mauritian descent, has been the only Christian prime minister of Mauritius, or, more particularly, the only prime minister who has not belonged to the Jugnauth or Ramgoolam families.

He has been Leader of the Opposition on several occasions – from 1983 to 1987, 1997 to 2000, 2005 to 2006, 2007 to 2013, October 2013 to September 2014 and from December 2014 to 2016 when he was replaced by Xavier-Luc Duval. With six stints in the office, Bérenger holds the longest-serving record in this constitutional position.