Owen Arthur
Owen Seymour Arthur (born October 17, 1949 in Barbados, † July 27, 2020 in Bridgetown , Barbados) was Prime Minister of Barbados . He was chairman of the Barbados Labor Party . With her he won the parliamentary elections in 1994. He repeated this success in 1999 and 2003.
Life
University degree, government official and MP
Owen Arthur graduated from the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and History in 1971 and a Master of Science degree in Economics in 1974 . He then stayed in Jamaica and worked in various positions in the Jamaican civil service and the Organization of American States (OAS). He returned to Barbados in 1981 and served as Chief Project Analyst in the Department of Finance and Planning between 1981 and 1983 before joining the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of the West Indies. Arthur served on the boards of the Jamaica Scientific Research Council , the Barbados Industrial Development Corporation, and the Central Bank of Barbados . He was also chairman of the Barbados Agricultural Development Corporation between 1982 and 1984 .
His political career began when he was elected to the Barbados Senate in 1983 . In 1984 he was for the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) in the constituency of St. Peter as a member of the Assembly House ( House of Assembly ) elected and to succeed in 1993 Henry Forde to opposition leader appointed.
Prime Minister 1994 to 2008
In the September 1994 elections, at a time of economic hardship, the BLP won national elections. He was Prime Minister of Barbados from September 7, 1994 to January 16, 2008. He was also Minister of Defense and Security from 1994 to 2003 and Minister of Finance from 1994 to 2008 . During his first term in office, the economy strengthened and the unemployment rate fell from 22 percent to 11 percent. In the elections on 20 January 1999 its won Barbados Labor Party (BLP) with 65 percent of the vote 26 of the 28 seats in the assembly house ( House of Assembly ) , while the opposition Democratic Labor Party (DLP), 35 percent put two deputies. The turnout was 63.1 percent.
In the elections on May 21, 2003, Prime Minister Owen Arthur's Barbados Labor Party again emerged victorious and received 23 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly, while the Democratic Labor Party was able to increase to seven seats. In the course of a cabinet reshuffle, Home Secretary Mia Amor Mottley also became Deputy Prime Minister to succeed Billie Miller , who remained Secretary of State. The new cabinet was sworn in on May 26, 2003. Between 2003 and 2008 he was also Minister for the Public Service. In 2005 he announced that he would replace the British monarch with an elected president, but without being able to push through with his plans.
In a mood for change, the previously opposition Democratic Labor Party won the January 15, 2008 elections; she won 52.2 percent of the vote and received 20 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly. The BLP came to 47.3 percent and received ten seats. On January 16, 2008, David Thompson replaced Owen Arthur as Prime Minister of the DLP. On January 20, 2008, Thompson presented his cabinet, in which he himself became Treasury Secretary, while Christopher Sinckler became Secretary of State and Freundel Stuart became Secretary of the Interior. Arthur then passed the role of BLP chairman to Mia Amor Mottley. However, he took over the post of party chairman after bitter internal power struggles in 2010, and suffered another, albeit narrow, defeat in the elections on February 21, 2013. While the DLP received 51.3 percent and 16 mandates, the BLP received 48.22 percent and 14 of the 30 mandates. He then resigned from his position as BLP chairman and finally resigned from the party in 2014. He remained as a non-party member of the House of Assembly until the election on May 24, 2018 .
death
Owen Seymour Arthur died on 27 July 2020, the consequences of a heart attack in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown , Barbados.
Web links
- Owen Arthur in nndb (English)
- Entry in Rulers
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Former Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur dies. Dominica News Online, July 27, 2020, accessed July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Barbados: Prime Ministers in Rulers
- ↑ January 20, 1999 in Rulers
- ↑ May 21, 2003 in Rulers
- ↑ January 15, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arthur, Owen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arthur, Owen Seymour (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Barbadian politician, Prime Minister of Barbados |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barbados |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Bridgetown |