Norman Saunders | |
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3rd Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands | |
In office 4 November 1980 – 28 March 1985 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | John Clifford Strong Christopher J. Turner |
Preceded by | Oswald Skippings |
Succeeded by | Nathaniel Francis |
Leader of the Progressive National Party | |
In office 29 September 1976 – 28 March 1985 | |
Succeeded by | Nathaniel Francis |
Member of the House of Assembly for South Caicos South | |
In office 2 February 1995 – 14 August 2009 | |
Preceded by | Emily Saunders |
Member of the Legislative Council for South Caicos | |
In office 29 September 1976 – 28 March 1985 | |
Succeeded by | Emily Saunders |
In office 9 November 2012 – 15 December 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Ruth Blackman |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 October 1943 |
Political party | Progressive National Party |
Spouse | Emily Saunders |
Children | Erwin Jay Saunders |
Norman B. Saunders (born 27 October 1943) is a Turks and Caicos Islander former politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 4 November 1980 to 28 March 1985. Saunders is also the longest-serving Member of the House of Assembly in the Turks and Caicos Islands,[1] nearing 50 years of service, the first Chief Minister to win back-to-back elections in 1980[2] and 1984,[3] the only ever politician in the nation to win as an independent candidate, and the first leader of the opposition.