OWEN ARTHUR LEGACY

Описание: CaribNation pays tribute to former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Seymour Arthur. died in 2020 in Barbados. He was 70.

Arthur, an economist, had been hospitalized at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after suffering heart-related complications.

Arthur served as prime minister on three occasions between September 1994 and January 2008. He was Leader of the Opposition in Barbados from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.

He led the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in the 1994 general election and won general elections again in 1999 and 2003.

In the 2008 general election, his party was defeated by the Democratic Labour Party. Arthur stepped down as party leader but remained the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint Peter. He subsequently returned to lead the BLP in 2010, but he was replaced as party leader after the BLP lost the 2013 general election.

CaribNation's Derrice Deane hosted a panel of distinguish Bajans and a Caribbean Political Scientist in a tribute this iconic Caribbean leader. The four panelsi includes,
HIS EXCELLENCY, NOEL LYNCH, AMBASSADOR OF BARBADOS TO THE UNITED STATES AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES;

SIR DAVID SIMMONS, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF BARBADOS; (appears as "Solomon" on screen)

PROFESSOR ANDY KNIGHT, ACTING CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA IN CANADA;

PROFESSOR DAVID HINDS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CARIBBEAN STUDIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.