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Jan 28, 1958 66 years old
Mauritian politician
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About Xavier Luc Duval
- Charles Gaëtan Xavier Luc Duval GCSK (born 28 January 1958) is a Mauritian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius in the cabinet of Sir Anerood Jugnauth from December 2014 to December 2016.
- He was also Minister of Tourism & External Communications and serves as 1st Member of Parliament elected from Constituency No 18 Belle Rose & Quatres Bornes.
- He is the leader of the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD), which was a minority party in the Alliance Lepep.
- After the PMSD left the government on 19 December 2016, Xavier-Luc Duval was appointed as the leader of the opposition by the President.
- His party, the PMSD, has 11 MPs, and he succeeded Paul Berenger. He served as Vice Prime Minister in the cabinet of Navin Ramgoolam from 2005 to June 2014.
- He was previously Minister of Tourism from 2005 to 2010, Minister of Social Integration from 2010 to 2011 and Minister of Finance and Economic Development from 2011 to 2014. His first candidacy was in 1987 where he was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Constituency No 4, Port Louis North & Montagne Longue.
- He was candidate of the MSM, part of the MSM/Labour Party alliance led by Sir Anerood Jugnauth.He later joined the Mauritian Social Democrat Party and stood as candidate for the 1991 elections where he was not elected under the Labour Party/Mauritian Social Democrat Party alliance.
- He later stood as candidate in 1995 under the 'Parti Geatan Duval' in constituency no 17, Curepipe and Midlands.He then created his own party known as the PMXD which was dissolved in 2009 to merge with the Mauritian Social Democrat Party.
- He was then elected leader of the party.
- His party was in alliance with the Labour Party in 2005 and 2010.
- Due to the alliance between the Labour Party and MMM in 2014 elections, he resigned as minister on 6 June 2014 and aligned with the MSM to form the Alliance Lepep which then won a landslide victory.
- He was since then appointed as Deputy Prime Minister.
