Lee Moore (politician)

For the American politician, see Robert Lee Moore (Georgia politician).
Sir
Lee Moore
KCMG
3rd Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis
In office
20 May 1979 – 21 February 1980
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorProbyn Inniss
DeputyCharles Egbert Mills
Preceded byPaul Southwell
Succeeded byKennedy Simmonds
Personal details
Born
Lee Llewellyn Moore

15 February 1939
Died6 May 2000(2000-05-06) (aged 61)
Political partySaint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
Alma materKing's College London

Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore KCMG (15 February 1939 – 6 May 2000) served as Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 20 May 1979 to 21 February 1980. He was a member of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party. He graduated with an LLB from King's College London, and later earned an LLM and a Diploma in Theology.[1]

Lee became an aide to Premier Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw in 1967, and was appointed attorney general in 1971. He became Deputy Premier in the cabinet of Paul Southwell.[2] When Southwell died, Lee became Premier in 1979 but lost in the 1980 general election. He remained as leader of the opposition until 1984, when he lost his seat in the National Assembly. In 1989 he resigned from Labour party leadership.[3]

Moore was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2000 New Year Honours, for services to legal, social and economic development of The Federation and the region.[4]

The courthouse in St. Kitts was renamed in his honour.[5]

  1. ^ "Historic St. Kitts - Lee L. Moore". www.historicstkitts.kn. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  2. ^ "St Kitts And Nevis Labour Party To Elect A New Leader On 28 November - SKN News". SKN News. 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ Bute, Evangeline; Harmer, H. J. P. (6 October 2016). The Black Handbook: The People, History and Politics of Africa and the African Diaspora. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781474292870.
  4. ^ "No. 55720". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1999. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Court Building to be Named in Honour of Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore on National Heroes Day". The Communications' Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister, St. Kitts & Nevis. 2004-09-11. Archived from the original on 2004-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)