Saint Lucia has a new Governor
General for the first time in 20 years.
The government announced that Mr
Emmanuel Neville Cenac has been appointed and has been approved by Her Majesty
The Queen. He is set to take the Oath of Office at an Installation Ceremony on
Friday, January 12, 2018.
Cenac’s appointment has been
politically controversial. Here are 9 facts about the new Governor General:
1. Cenac served as a member of
parliament for Laborie.
2. Cenac is the brother of Saint
Lucia’s third elected prime minister, Winston Cenac, who served from 1981–1982.
3. Cenac was once Leader of the
Opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party.
4. Cenac crossed the floor to the
United Workers Party in 1987. This resulted in the UWP moving from a 9-8
majority to a 10-7 majority.
5. Cenac said that ‘broken
promises’ resulted in his crossing the floor.
6. Cenac served as Minister for
Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1992.
7. Cenac retired in 1992 but
returned to serve as President of the Senate from 1993 to 1997.
8. Cenac will be the seventh
person to occupy the role of St Lucia’s Governor General.
9. Cenac successfully sued the
government in 2003 to reclaim his pension that was ceased in 1993. The judgment
came in 2006.
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