Norman Girvan

Norman Girvan
Dr Norman Girvan
Born(1941-06-28)28 June 1941
Saint Andrew Parish, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
Died9 April 2014(2014-04-09) (aged 72)
Cuba
EducationCalabar High School; University College of the West Indies; London School of Economics

Norman P. Girvan (28 June 1941 – 9 April 2014) was a Jamaican professor, Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States between 2000 and 2004. He was born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica.[1] He died aged 72 in Cuba on 9 April 2014,[2] after having suffered a fall while hiking in Dominica in early 2014.[3][4] He had been a member of the United Nations Committee on Development Policy since 2009, and in 2010 was appointed the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's personal representative on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.[5][6] He was Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).[7]

  1. ^ Who's Who in Economics.
  2. ^ C. Springer, "Professor Norman Girvan dies", Stabroek News, 9 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Prominent Jamaican academic dies", Jamaica Observer, 9 April 2014.
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  5. ^ "Biographical Note", United Nations, Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York.
  6. ^ CMC, "UWI academic Norman Girvan dies in Cuba", Trinidad Express Newspapers, 9 April 2014.
  7. ^ Peter Richards, "Prof Norman Girvan dies in Cuba", Jamaica Observer, 10 April 2014.