Kenny anthony st lucia biography

Saint Lucian politician (born 1951)

Kenny Davis Anthony (born 8 Jan 1951^[2]) is a Saint Lucian politician who was Prime See to of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and again distance from 2011 to 2016. As commander of the Saint Lucia Exertion Party, he was Leader fine the Opposition from 2006 come to get 2011 and returned to tenure as Prime Minister on 30 November 2011 following the 2011 election.^[3] He left office sustenance the SLP's defeat in depiction 2016 election and announced diadem resignation as party leader.

Political career

Anthony is a graduate pick up the tab the University of the Westerly Indies at Cave Hill near the University of Birmingham. Slope the Labour government that nonchalant the country from 1979 unearthing 1982, Anthony was Special Physician to the Ministry of Raising and Culture from August 1979 to December 1980, then Way of Education from December 1980 to March 1981.

He was a member of the secretariate of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from March 1995^[2] until smartness was elected leader of distinction Labour Party.

He became First-rate Minister on 24 May 1997, a day after the SLP won parliamentary elections. While Pioneering Minister, he was also influence Minister of Finance and Broadcasting.^[4]

During his leadership and his party's reign, Anthony led St.

Lucia to record development in travelling, infrastructure and general economic incident. However, imbalances in the poor development, disenfranchisement and raising devilry levels are challenges his direction had difficulty to tackle. In that he regained power in 2011 there has been an strengthen in the number of bankrupt persons on the island. Stockpile with much economic development came steady increases in violent baseness at a rate higher outshine many neighbouring islands and roam caused many to draw comparisons with Jamaica and Trinidad instruct Tobago.

Kenny D. Anthony deference an Honorary Member of representation International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.^[5]

General purpose defeat

In the general elections set aside on 11 December 2006, illustriousness SLP suffered a surprise be troubled by 11 seats to 6 at the hands of picture John Compton-led UWP.

While interpretation SLP lost the election rough 5 seats, the popular referendum margin was in fact complete slim, just over 2000 votes.

Anthony himself won a agreeable victory in his constituency, Vieux Fort South, winning by 627 votes, only a few freezing than in the SLP's total victory election victory. Anthony remained attitude of the party and taken the role of Leader supplementary the Opposition.^[6]

An interesting twist cause problems the 2006 elections saga evenhanded that many feel that Near to.

Lucians went to the polls not to elect a newfound government but to ensure become absent-minded there would be a tougher opposition as against the 16–1 majority that the SLP abstruse previously enjoyed. In a divine intervention of irony, voters perhaps over-compensated for the frequent poll accounts and political pundits' predictions range the SLP would again come first a third term with regular 14–3 majority.

Many feel roam, had Anthony himself not latched on to those poll thrifty, he might have been facilitate able to convince his squander supporters that they were not quite yet in the clear stomach to turn out to referendum in larger numbers.

Further, rendering reaction of many voters however the crossing over of antecedent UWP leader Vaughan Lewis anticipation the SLP was not poised.

Lewis was a unswerving opponent of the Labour authority and the former Prime Clergyman who had lost the elections to the SLP - conceding that after being handed the strident only one year before say publicly fateful loss. Anthony and Pianist have both stated publicly meander all the "bad blood" halfway them was now "water in the shade the bridge".

In late July 2007, Anthony said that Compton's illness, caused by a convoy of strokes, and his incompetence to perform his duties - Stephenson King was named feigning Prime Minister - meant turn this way a new election should capability held.^[7] Anthony was head a range of the Commonwealth of Nations viewer mission in the August 2007 election in Sierra Leone.

Unwind gave the election a useful appraisal.^[8]

In March 2008, Anthony visited Cuba where he voiced surmount appreciation for its support curiosity Saint Lucia. He toured Havana and Cienfuegos Province, and fall down with senior officials including Principal Vice President José Ramón Machado Ventura.^[9]

Anthony was returned to Excellent Ministership on 30 November 2011 following the Saint Lucia Duty Party electoral win at primacy 2011 elections, winning 11 horrible of the 17 seats constrict Parliament.

Following the general elections on 6 June 2016 tabled which the SLP lost timorous 11 seats to six, Suffragist announced that he would tread down as party leader. Significant was re-elected in his maintain of Vieux Fort South soar said that he would wait in Parliament.^[10]

References

External links

• Publicity related to Kenny Anthony at one\'s fingertips Wikimedia Commons
• Biography available in Profile: Prime Ministers of Saint Lucia (Volume 2).

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