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Ravi Yerrigadoo

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Ravi Yerrigadoo (born c. 1974) is a Mauritian politician.

Yerrigadoo is of Hindu descent. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2000 via the Best Loser System. Aged 26 at the time, Yerrigadoo was also named minister of Youth and Sports. He ran in the 2005 Mauritian local election.

Yerrigadoo joined the Alliance Lepep coalition prior to the 2014 Mauritian general election, and was appointed to lead the Ministry of Justice in December 2014. Yerrigadoo resigned from the position on 13 September 2017, after allegations of money laundering were made by Husein Abdool Rahim. Rahim later withdrew the allegations against Yerrigadoo.

He is married to Hema.

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