Militant Socialist Movement (Mauritius)

Last modified: 2015-07-28 by ian macdonald
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• About the flag
• About the party

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About the flag

According to photographies of the 1 May 2008 meeting shown on the party’s Flickr album, the flag of MSM is horizontally divided orange-white-orange, the white stripe being wider, with the party’s emblem in the middle. The emblem of the MSM is made of the party’s acronym and a sixteen-ray sun, all orange.
Ivan Sache, 06 Jul 2008

Flag with border and sun

At the party’s Flickr album, a party’s flag, hanging on the buildings lining the street, is similar but with a thick orange border all around the flag.
Ivan Sache, 06 Jul 2008

Square flag with sun and number

At the party’s Flickr album there is also a white square flag with the party’s acronym surmonting the sun charged with the number 7, most probably refering to constituency #7.
Ivan Sache, 06 Jul 2008

About the party

The Militant Socialist Movement (in French, Mouvement Socialiste Militant, MSM) was founded in May 1983 by Sir Aneerood Jugnauth (b. 1930). A breakaway from the ruling Mauritian Militant Movement, the MSM quickly incorporated the Mauritian Socialist Party (in French, Parti Socialiste Militant, PSM), founded in the late 1970s as a breakaway from the Mauritian Labour Party. In 1983, the MSM won the elections. The MSM, allied with the MLP, won the 1987 elections, and, again, the 1991 elections, then realigned with the MMM. The MMM-MSM coalition won the 2000 elections but was defeated in 2005 by the Social Alliance (in French, Alliance Sociale) set up by the MLP.

Sir Aneerood Jugnauth served as Prime Minister from 1982 to 1995 and from 2000 to 2003. In 2003, he was elected President of the Republic and handled the direction of the MSM to his son Pravind Jugnauth. He is usually credited the "Mauritius miracle" of the 1980s because of its liberal policy, but also increased social and interethnic tension.

Ivan Sache, 06 Jul 2008

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