Peter David (politician)

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Peter Charles David (born July 26, 1957 ) is a politician from Grenada .

Life

After completing school at Grenada Boys Secondary School, he studied law at Carleton University in Ottawa and the University of Essex . After completing his studies, he worked as a lawyer (Attorney-at-Law).

David began his political career during the People's Revolution of Maurice Bishop against the Eric Gairy regime in March 1979 when he became Deputy Minister of Information in the government of Bishop until 1983 as head of Radio Free Grenada.

In the November 2003 elections, he was elected as a candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the first time to the House of Representatives, where he represents the constituency of the Town of St. George . The then ruling New National Party (NNP) under Prime Minister Keith Claudius Mitchell immediately filed a lawsuit to prevent David from exercising the parliamentary mandate, arguing that he was a citizen of Canada and therefore not eligible. However, this lawsuit was denied.

In the House of Representatives elections on July 8, 2008, which led to the victory of the NDC, he was re-elected MP in the constituency of the Town of St. George . In the government formed by the chairman of the NDC and current Prime Minister Tillman Thomas , he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism on July 13, 2008. He is also Secretary General of the NDC. As Minister of Tourism, among other things, he succeeded in arranging a new flight route between New York City and Grenada through Delta Airlines . As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he handed over the office of Minister of Tourism on August 1, 2009 to the previous Minister for Social Development, Labor and Church Relations, Glennis Roberts.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gaby Weber : The forgotten intervention. Grenada: The USA occupied the island nation 22 years ago. ( Memento from May 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Delta Airlines to Open New Flight Route to Grenada ( Memento from July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ New Minister of Tourism for Grenada  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.caribbeannewsdigital.com  
personal data
SURNAME David, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES David, Peter Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Grenadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1957