Sir Louis Straker | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
In office 10 December 2015 – 7 November 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governors General | Frederick Ballantyne Susan Dougan |
Prime Minister | Ralph Gonsalves |
Preceded by | Girlyn Miguel |
Succeeded by | Montgomery Daniel |
Vice President of the Unity Labour Party | |
Assumed office 2001 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Louis Hilton Straker 23 February 1944 Layou, Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands (Now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) |
Political party | Unity Labour Party |
Alma mater | Hunter College, New York. |
Sir Louis Hilton Straker, KCMG (born 23 February 1944) is a politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2015 to 2020. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade from 2001 to May 17, 2005 when he was transferred to the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing during a cabinet reshuffle. He became Foreign Minister again in December 2005.[1]