Eleston Montgomery Adams

Eleston Montgomery "Namba" Adams (* in the 20th century in Liberta , Parish of Saint Paul , Antigua ) is a politician of the United Progressive Party (UPP) from Antigua and Barbuda , who between 2005 and 2014 held various ministerial posts.

Life

Adams, son of a hairdresser and a maid, attended elementary school in Liberta and All Saints Secondary School . He then completed a teacher training course at Antigua State College and then worked for 20 years as an elementary school teacher at the Liberta Primary School, the John Hughes Primary School, the Sea View Farm Primary School and the Cobbs Cross Primary School. In addition to teaching, he worked as a playwright, actor, director and producer and attended the Edna Manley School for the Performing Arts in Jamaica on a scholarship . He has written 14 plays so far, which have been performed in Antigua, Montserrat , St. Martin and Saint Thomas , and has also led theater workshops in Antigua and Anguilla . He was also an active cricket and soccer player and at times manager of the national soccer team and also a reporter for The Daily Observer .

In addition, Adams began his political engagement for the United Progressive Party (UPP) in the mid-1990s . In 1994 and 1999 he ran for this in the constituency of St. Paul for a seat in the House of Representatives and won 35.31 and 40.87 percent respectively, but was subject to Rodney Williams of the Antigua Labor Party (ALP). In 2004 he was elected member of the House of Representatives for the first time in the constituency of St. Paul with 1,296 votes (56.18 percent) and this time was able to prevail against the new ALP candidate, Paul Chet Greene . In the 2009 elections he was re-elected for a further legislative period in this constituency with 1,219 votes (49.37 percent).

Following the UPP's victory in the 2004 elections, Adams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Department of Social Change on March 26, 2004 by Prime Minister Winston Baldwin Spencer . Subsequently, from January 5, 2005 to December 31, 2006, he assumed the post of Minister of State for Culture in the Ministry of Housing, Culture and Social Change. He then served as Minister of State for Culture and Independence Celebrations in the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Culture and Environment between January 1, 2007 and March 15, 2009. His last position was from March 16, 2009 to June 12, 2014, as Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture. In the 2014 elections he received only 969 votes (39.53 percent) and lost his mandate to his opponent from the ALP, Paul Chet Greene.

Adams has seven children.

Web links

• Short biography on caribbeanelections.com
• Cabinet of the Baldwin SPENCER Administration: March 24, 2004 - June 18, 2014 on caribbeanelections.com