Michael Misick

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Michael Eugene Misick (born February 2, 1966 in Bottle Creek, North Caicos ) is a politician of the Progressive National Party (PNP) of the Turks and Caicos Islands , who was Chief Minister and Prime Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 2003 and 2009 .

Life

Professional career, MP and minister

Misick, the youngest child of Charles Misick, attended elementary school in North Caicos and then Turks and Caicos High School , from which today's Helena Jones Robinson High School emerged . He then completed a business degree at the Miami Lakes Technical Institute , which he completed with a certificate. He was then sales manager between 1984 and 1986 and managing director of Prestigious Properties Ltd. from 1986 to 1988 . before serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the real estate and financial services company Paramount Group of Companies from 1988 to 1991 . In addition, he began studying law at the University of Buckingham , which he completed with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). He received a lawyer's admission as a barrister in England and Wales and as a lawyer (Attorney-at-Law) in the Turks and Caicos Islands and became a member of the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Lincoln's Inn .

In 1991, Misick was elected a Member of Parliament (Legislative Council) for the first time for the Progressive National Party (PNP) and immediately took over the post of Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications in the cabinet of his older brother Washington Misick , who served from April 1991 to February 3, 1995 Chief Minister of the British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean . In 1995 he was re-elected to parliament and in March 2002 replaced his older brother as leader of the PNP and as opposition leader .

Chief Minister and Prime Minister

After the PNP had initially won six of the 13 seats in parliament in the April 2003 elections, it won two more seats in a by-election on August 7, 2003 and thus had a majority over the previously ruling People's Democratic Movement (PDM) of Chief Minister Derek Taylor , who only had five seats. Thereupon Misick took over on August 16, 2003 the office of Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands and at the same time as Minister responsible for civil aviation, trade, development, district administration, broadcasting commission, tourism authority, investment agency and tourism, while Floyd Hall became finance minister. After a new constitution went into effect, Misick became the first Prime Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands on August 9, 2006.

On January 7, 2007, Misick called new elections for February 9, 2007. In these elections, his PNP won 13 of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly, the largest electoral victory in the history of the islands, confirming his post as Prime Minister. On February 12, 2009, Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety, Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety, Galmo Williams , who was responsible for Immigration, Labor, Fire Protection, Detention Centers, Natural Disasters, Road Safety, Birth and Death Records, Emergency, Search and Rescue, Cadet Programs and the Coast Guard, resigned from his ministerial offices whereupon Lillian Boyce took over these ministerial offices. On February 13, 2009 the previous Deputy Prime Minister and Treasury Secretary Floyd Hall resigned. Prime Minister Misick then announced his own resignation on March 31, 2009 and temporarily took over the post of Finance Minister himself, while Interior Minister Lillian Boyce also became Deputy Prime Minister.

On February 28, 2009, Galmo Williams won after three ballots the position as leader of the Progressive National Party (PNP) and thus succeeded Misicks as party chairman. On March 16, 2009, due to "clear signs of corruption" in the Misick administration , Governor Gordon Wetherell announced plans to partially suspend the constitution, dissolve the cabinet and parliament, and take over power to the governor with the support of an advisory body for two years should. After intense pressure from PNP members Misick resigned against his original intentions early on March 23, 2009, whereupon Williams swore the oath of office as Prime Minister on the afternoon of March 23, 2009 and became the second Prime Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands. On March 27, 2009, the cabinet was sworn in, which included Royal Robinson as Treasury Secretary and Karen Delancy Secretary of the Interior.

Arrested on corruption charges

After further investigation, a report by the Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor Wetherell in September 2010 suggested that a criminal investigation be opened against Misick for possible corruption and abuse of power. In June 2011, his accounts were frozen due to a court order. On December 7, 2012 Misick was after an investigation by the Interpol on the airport of Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont before further trip to São Paulo arrested after the president of the Supreme Court of Brazil ( Supremo Tribunal Federal ) , Ricardo Lewandowski , at the request of the United Kingdom had issued an arrest warrant on November 22, 2011 .

On January 7, 2014, Misick was transferred to the Turks and Caicos Islands and interrogated at police headquarters. After being briefly in Her Majesty's Prison on Grand Turk Island , he was released on January 13, 2014, pending a possible trial.

Michael Misick married the American actress LisaRaye McCoy on April 8, 2006 , and this marriage was divorced on December 21, 2008.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turks and Caicos Islands: Governors, Chief Ministers and Prime Ministers
  2. ↑ Turks and Caicos Islands: August 7, 2003
  3. ↑ Turks and Caicos Islands: August 9, 2006
  4. ↑ Turks and Caicos Islands: February 12, 2009
  5. ↑ Turks and Caicos Islands: March 23, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Misick, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Misick, Michael Eugene (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turks and Caicos Islands politicians
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Bottle Creek, North Caicos