Susan Dougan

Her Excellency Dame
Susan Dougan
GCMG OBE
Dougan in 2019
Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 August 2019
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Prime MinisterRalph Gonsalves
Preceded byFrederick Ballantyne
Personal details
Born
Susan Dilys Ryan[1][2]

(1955-03-03) 3 March 1955 (age 69)[3]
Colonarie, Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands[1]
(Now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
SpouseHugh Dougan
Children3
Alma materUniversity of London
University of Southampton[4]

Dame Susan Dilys Dougan GCMG OBE (née Ryan; born 3 March 1955) is the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 1 August 2019.[5][6] She is the first woman to hold the office.[7]

She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George on 29 January 2020 [8] and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's 2010 Birthday Honour List for services to education and to public administration.[9]

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  3. ^ "Governor General". Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Governor General".
  5. ^ "SVG's First Female Head of State Sworn In". Searchlight.vc. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ^ McLeod, Sheri-Kae (1 August 2019). "St. Vincent and the Grenadines Gets First Female Governor-General". Caribbeannationalweekly.com. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ "St Vincent and the Grenadines has first female Governor General". Barbadostoday.bb. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Page 43 | Supplement 59453, 12 June 2010 | London Gazette | the Gazette".