Frederick Eutrope Degazon was a Dominican politician who served as the country’s first president from 1979 to 1980. He was born on January 4, 1913, in Castries, St Lucia. Degazon attended St. Mary’s College, St. Lucia, and studied law at the University of London. He … Read MoreFred Degazon (1913-2008)
Herbert Augustus Blaize was a Grenadian politician and leader of the Grenada National Party. When Grenada was still a British Crown Colony, he served as First Chief Minister from 1960 to 1961 and again from 1962 to 1967. In 1967, he briefly became the first … Read MoreHerbert Blaize (1918-1989)
The Honorable Philip Edward “Brave” Davis, the fifth Prime Minister of The Bahamas and litigation lawyer, was born June 7, 1951, in Cat Island to Brave Edward Davis, a firefighter from Old Bight, Cat Island, and Dorothy Smith Davis, a housekeeper from Alexander, Great Exuma. … Read MorePhilip Edward “Brave” Davis (1951- )
Vere Cornwall Bird, the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, is a national hero of this Caribbean nation. Vere Cornwall Bird was born in New Street, St John’s, Antigua on December 7, 1910, the fourth child of Edghill and Theophilus Bird at a time … Read MoreVere Bird (1910-1999)
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds is a St Kitts and Nevis politician who served as the first Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis from 1983 to 1995. He was born on April 12, 1936, to Bronte Clarke and the late Arthur Simmonds and attended public … Read MoreSir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )
Irfaan Ali was born Mohamed Irfaan Ali on April 25, 1980, in Leonora, Guyana, to Mohamed Osman Ali and Bibi Shariman. He has one brother. Ali was reared near Demerara village, and his early education began at the Cornelia Ida Primary School there. He completed … Read MoreIrfaan Ali (1980- )
Politician Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi, whose grandparents were taken to Surinam from Bihar, India, to work as indentured laborers during the 19th century, was born on February 3, 1959, in Lelydorp, Surinam. He is a member of the Progressive Reform Party, which was once an ethnic … Read MoreChandrikapersad Santokhi (1959- )
Her Excellency, The Most Honorable Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, is the first president of the Republic of Barbados. Mason was born on January 17, 1949, in East Point, Saint Philip, Barbados. Her early education began at St. Catherine’s Primary School in 1955, and she left … Read MoreSandra Prunella Mason (1949- )
The Most Honorable Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, was born on July 22, 1972, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, and named in honor of former Prime Minister of Jamaica Michael Manley to Morris Holness, a farmer and socialist, and Carol Harvey Williams, a civil … Read MoreAndrew Michael Holness
(1972- )
John Antonio Briceño was born Juan Antonio Briceño on July 17, 1960, in Orange Walk Town, British Honduras (now Belize), to Elijio Eloy Briceño, a government minister. John had six brothers and three sisters. In 1978, he graduated from Muffles College in Belize City, and … Read MoreJohn Antonio Briceño (1960- )
