He belongs to the Boolell dynasty and his father was former Foreign Minister Sir Satcam Boolell and he is a cousin of former foreign minister Anil Gayan. Boolell who was born in a traditional Brahman Gossain Hindu family in Portuguese Louis, is the son of former leader of the labour Party and former Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Satcam Boolell.
He was appointed by President Sir Anerood Jugnauth and took office in September 2008 in the cabinet of Navin Ramgoolam. Before serving as Foreign Minister, he was the minister of Agro-Industry and Fisheries of Mauritius, and was involved in negotiations with the European Union over economic issues. He has had his studies in England and Wales.
After graduating and become a medical practitioner, he graduated with an Master of Laws from the National University of Ireland.
He then practiced for sometimes in Wales before coming back to the country. Politics He was firstly elected in 1987 in Constituency Number 11, Vieux Grand Portuguese and Rose Belle.
He has been elected since then until now. He became a cabinet minister in the coalition government of the Master of Science in Management and the Mauritian Labour Party headed by Anerood Jugnauth.
He became Opposition Whip until Paul Berenger and the MMM was dismissed from the government.
Boolell has been very famous as (later known as Minister of Agro-Industry). His first tenure was from 1995 to 2000 and second tenure was from 2005 to 2008. Following the cabinet reshuffling of 2008, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs and remained as such till now.
Following the breakup of the coalition government of the Master of Science in Management and the Labour Party in 2011, Boolell was the first presumptive person to replace Pravind Jugnauth as Vice Prime Minister.
However, a last minute change in the protocol brought to Anil Bachoo"s appointment as VPM. He remained number 6 until now. He was a recipient of the Order of the Star and Key of Indian Ocean elevated to the rank of Grand Officer.
In 1991, following the landslide victory of the Master of Science in Management/MMM coalition led by Anerood Jugnauth, he was still elected as first member of parliament serving for Constituency Number 11.
