{"id":59904,"date":"2025-09-22T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:56:46","slug":"gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s","title":{"rendered":"Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy Appointed Ambassador to U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Prime Minister Dr. Navin Ramgoolam has appointed a well-known figure in Mauritian diplomacy, Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy, to represent the country as ambassador to the United States. Her name was announced during the Prime Minister\u2019s press conference last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy now leads the embassy in Washington after many years at the mission, where she rose from Minister Counsellor to Deputy Chief of Mission before being promoted to ambassador. Her career has been built within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notably heading the section responsible for bilateral relations, and previously serving as First Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>She was educated in France and Australia, combining a strong academic background with international experience that covers not only traditional diplomacy but also emerging challenges such as scientific cooperation and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>On April 25, 2025, U.S. Ambassador Henry Jardine congratulated her on her appointment, emphasizing that she would make a positive contribution to strengthening bilateral relations between Port Louis and Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Prime Minister Dr. Navin Ramgoolam has appointed a well-known figure in Mauritian diplomacy, Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy, to represent the country as ambassador to the United States. Her name was announced during the Prime Minister\u2019s press conference last Saturday. Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy now leads the embassy in Washington after many years at the mission, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-59904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-mauritius"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy Appointed Ambassador to U.S. - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister Dr. Navin Ramgoolam has appointed a well-known figure in Mauritian diplomacy, Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy, to r ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy Appointed Ambassador to U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Dr. Navin Ramgoolam has appointed a well-known figure in Mauritian diplomacy, Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy, to r ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T11:37:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T11:56:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2025\/09\/sm_1758529336.526412.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"974\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"407\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy Appointed Ambassador to U.S.\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-22T11:37:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-22T11:56:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2025\/09\/sm_1758529336.526412.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Mauritius\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/gajjaluxmi-mootoosamy-appointed-ambassador-to-u-s\",\"name\":\"Gajjaluxmi Mootoosamy Appointed Ambassador to U.S. - 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