Charles Maynard (Dominican politician)
Charles Maynard | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica | |
In office 1985 – 1991 or later[1] | |
Prime Minister | Eugenia Charles |
Preceded by | Anthony Moise |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Dominica |
Political party | Dominica Freedom Party |
Charles Maynard was a Dominican politician and cabinet minister from Dominica Freedom Party.
Maynard was born on 18 January 1934 in Roseau.[2] He was educated in the University of the West Indies, the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and the University of Oxford, England. Back in Dominica, he worked as civil servant.[2]
During the summer 1979 political turmoil, Maynard was appointed minister of education in the cabinet of Oliver Seraphin.[3] He resigned from the cabinet in January 1980.[2]
When Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) lead by Eugenia Charles won the elections of 1980, Maynard was asked to join the cabinet as minister of education.[4] In the elections of 1985 Maynard succeeded Anthony Moise as the representative of Soufrière in the House of Assembly as a member of DFP.[5] He was a member of the legislature for fifteen years.[2] Maynard was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica up until at least 1991.[6][7] He was later minister of agriculture and tourism. In 1993 he run in the leadership elections of DFP to succeed Eugenia Charles, but eventually he lost to Brian Alleyne.[2]
Maynard was later appointed by the Dominica Labour Party government as ambassador to CARICOM.[8] He died on 8 May 2012.[2][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Banks, Arthur S. (1991). "Political Handbook of the World 1991: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations as of July 1, 1991". State University of New York.
- ^ a b c d e f Honychurch, Lennox. "His Excellency Charles Maynard: A brief overview". dominicanewsonline.com.
- ^ Clements, John (1979). "The United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, a Directory of Governments". Political Research.
- ^ "Archive". www.latinnews.com.
- ^ "Caribbean Elections | Antigua and Barbuda Heads of Government". web.archive.org. 25 June 2022.
- ^ Banks, Arthur S. (1991). "Political Handbook of the World 1991: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations as of July 1, 1991". State University of New York.
- ^ "Caribbean News Briefs - UPI Archives". UPI.
- ^ a b "Former government minister Charles Maynard dead at age 78". thedominican.net.
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