Brian Alleyne

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Sir Brian George Keith Alleyne (born April 28, 1943 in Roseau , Dominica ) is a lawyer and politician of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), who was foreign minister between 1990 and 1995, opposition leader in the House of Assembly from 1995 to 1996 and between 2005 and in 2008 Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ECSC ( Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ) .

Life

Lawyer, MP and Minister

Brian George Keith Alleyne, son of Judge Keith Alleyne and his wife Hermia Alleyne, graduated in law and was given after the test preparation at the Gibson & Weldon School of Law in November 1966 admitted to the lawyer ( Barrister ) at the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Lincoln's Inn . After his return he took up a practice as a lawyer in Dominica in January 1967.

As a candidate for the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), Alleyne was first elected to the House of Assembly , the lower house of Dominica, in the elections on July 21, 1980 . There he represented the constituency of Mahaut until after his re-election on July 1, 1985, on May 28, 1990 and on June 12, 1995 until his resignation on July 1, 1996 .

On the day of his first election on July 21, 1980, Prime Minister Mary Eugenia Charles appointed him Minister of Home Affairs in her first cabinet. After a cabinet reshuffle, he took over the post of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Labor in the second Charles cabinet on July 1, 1985 , before his last position on May 28, 1990 in the Charles third cabinet as Foreign Minister and Minister for the Unity of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (Minister of External Affairs and OECS Unity) . He held this post until the end of the term of office of Prime Minister Mary Eugenia Charles on June 14, 1995, whose DFP had lost the elections on June 12, 1995 and with five seats after that of the new Prime Minister was only the second largest force in the House of Assembly . He was further temporary member of the Privy Council (Queen's Council) , Attorney General of the Leeward Islands (Windward Islands) and Acting Judge of the High Court of the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands (Windward and Leeward Islands High Court) . For his legal services he became Senior Counsel (SC) of the Dominica Bar Association (Commonwealth of Dominica Bar) in 1991 , for which he also served as Vice President and Secretary. He has also served as director and vice president of the Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations and director of the Caribbean Human Rights and Legal Aid Company .

Opposition leader and President of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

After the June 12, 1995 election, Brian Alleyne took over as leader of the opposition . The function of the Leader of the opposition continued , however, he practiced for only one year to 1996 and was then from Roosevelt "Rosie" Bertrand Douglas from Dominica Labor Party replaced (DLP) after the DFP by a decision of the High Court (High Court) a Parliamentary mandate was revoked and remained vacant.

After his mandate renunciation and resignation from the House of Assembly Brian Alleyne was on 1 July 1996 a judge of the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean States Organization ECSC ( Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ) called. He was later on July 1, 2003 for the appeal judges (Justice of Appeal) appointed and finally on 1 March 2005 as the successor of the of St. Vincent and the Grenadines originating Adrian Saunders as Acting President (Acting Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of the organization Eastern Caribbean states. He held this post until he reached the age of 65 on April 28, 2008 and was then replaced by Hugh Rawlins from St. Kitts and Nevis . As Chief Justice , he was the chief judge of the courts for Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , British Virgin Islands , Dominica, Grenada , Montserrat , St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. For his services he was in July 2007 for Knight Bachelor beaten.

His marriage to Brenda McMillan Alleyne had two sons and a daughter.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members of the House of Assembly 1980 - 1985 (caribbeanelections.com)
  2. ↑ Members of the House of Assembly 1985 - 1990 (caribbeanelections.com)
  3. ↑ Members of the House of Assembly 1985 - 1990 (caribbeanelections.com)
  4. ↑ Members of the House of Assembly 1995 - 2000 (caribbeanelections.com)
  5. ↑ Dominica: Foreign Ministers (rulers.org)
  6. ^ Cabinet of the Mary Eugenia CHARLES Administration (caribbeanelections.com)
  7. ↑ Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) (caribbeanelections.com)
  8. ↑ Leaders of the Opposition of Dominica (caribbeanelections.com)
personal data
SURNAME Alleyne, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alleyne, Sir Brian George Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Roseau , Dominica