Louis Cools-Lartigue

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Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue , OBE (born January 18, 1905 , † August 21, 1993 ) was a Dominican politician.

Until 1955, Cools-Lartigue was the Chief Secretary of the Windward Islands . On May 9, 1955 he received a commission from George F. Holsten which appointed him Governor's Deputy .

From November 1967 to November 3, 1978, Cools-Lartigue was the last governor of Dominica. In 1968 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir") . He was then named Interim President and served in that capacity from November 3, 1978 to January 29, 1979, when Fred Degazon was elected President of Dominica . Degazon fled to England on June 10, 1979 during a constitutional crisis and Cools-Lartigue was re-elected by the House of Assembly (June 15, 1979). Cools-Lartigue, however, resigned the following day. He had received both family pressure and threats from rioting opponents. He was succeeded by Jenner Armor .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Caribbean Council for Europe, West India Committee: Who Was Who; so Caribbean Insight. vol. 16, Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean) 1992: 162.
  2. ^ Government Notices, No. 150 In: Grenada Government Gazette, Saint George's May 9, 1955, vol. 73, 29
  3. ^ A b Officers Administering the Government of Dominica. Office of the President, Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica October 2017.
  4. ^ Anthony J. Quain: The Political Reference Almanac 2001-2002. PoliSci Books, Arlington, Va. 2001: 896.
  5. ↑ His Excellency Frederick Degazon. Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Office of the President, October 2017.
  6. ↑ Lennox Honychurch: The Dominica Story: A History of the Iceland. Macmillan 1995: 267. ISBN 9780333627761
  7. ^ David Hunt: The Times Yearbook of World Affairs, 1979/80. Times Books 1980: 81.
personal data
SURNAME Cools-Lartigue, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1905
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1993