Rajesh Bhagwan
Rajesh Bhagwan | |
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Bhagwan in 2025 | |
| Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Environment and NDU (2003–2005) Environment (1996–1997; 2000–2003) | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Preceded by | Kavy Ramano |
| In office 17 September 2000 – 5 July 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Anerood Jugnauth Paul Bérenger |
| Preceded by | James Burty David |
| Succeeded by | Anil Bachoo |
| In office 30 November 1996 – 21 June 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Succeeded by | James Burty David |
| Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 30 December 1995 – 30 November 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Navin Ramgoolam |
| Preceded by | Mathieu Laclé |
| Succeeded by | Deva Virahsawmy (Local Government and Public Utilities) |
| Assumed office 21 August 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Finlay Salesse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Mauritian Militant Movement |
| Spouse | Asha Bhagwan |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Meter reader |
Rajesh Anand Bhagwan is a Mauritian politician. He currently serves as Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change since November 2024 under Navin Ramgoolam's fourth government. Bhagwan has previously held the same ministry between 1996 to 1997 and 2000 to 2005 albeit under modified portfolio titles.
Serving as a member of the National Assembly of Mauritius for the Mauritian Militant Movement, Bhagwan holds the current record for having been elected to the assembly continuously since 1983 and is the second longest-serving MP after his close friend and party leader, Paul Bérenger. An MP for the constituency of Beau Bassin and Petite Rivière, he has not lost reelection for the same constituency since contesting it for the first time in 1983.
Well-known for his outspokenness and one-liners, Bhagwan is also known as the "Bulldozer" and many of his remarks in the National Assembly have resulted in his suspension or expulsion from the chamber on several occasions.