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Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP [2] (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position.
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The prime minister of Barbados is the head of government of Barbados.The prime minister is appointed by the president under the terms of the Constitution.As the nominal holder of executive authority, the president holds responsibility for conducting parliamentary elections and for proclaiming one of the candidates as prime minister.
In 2018, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley declared sargassum a national emergency. ... Dr Henry and her husband, career data scientist Nigel Henry, created deep tech firm Rum and Sargassum ...
[34] As well as former prime minister Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, [35] and U.S. President Obama. Barbados entered an official period of mourning for the former prime minister on 23 October. On that date, the government-owned national broadcaster began airing tributes of the Prime Minister. Such tributes included some of Thompson's speeches and ...
The following is a list of spouses or partners of current heads of government.In most cases, such as parliamentary systems, semi-presidential systems, and constitutional monarchies, the head of government is called a "prime minister"", "premier", or "president/chairman of the council of ministers".
Gaston Browne (husband of Maria, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, 2014–present) The Frank family ... Tom Adams (Prime Minister of Barbados, 1976–1985)
In early January 2011, Mara Thompson confirmed her intent to contest the special election called to fill the seat of her late husband in the Saint John constituency. [7] David Thompson had held since the Saint John seat from 1987 to 2010, succeeding the late Prime Minister Errol Barrow, who also died in office. [7]