Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines (Female Suffrage 1951) Part of the British Colony
of Leeward and Windward Islands 1783-1979 when becoming independent
Also see Saint Vincent Heads and Saint Vincent Parliament
1979- Elizabeth the Second, by the
Grace of God, Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and of Her Other
Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth (27.10-)
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1952.
1986-89 Cabinet Secretary and
Private Secretary of the Premier A. Soso
1989-94 Minister of Education
Culture, Youth and Women's Affairs Yvonne Francis-Gibson
1994-96 Minister of Health
1996-98 Minister of Environment
1998 Minister of State in the Prime Ministers Office responsible for Civil
Service Matters
Co-ordinator of Women's Affairs in the government 1987-89.
1989-98 Cabinet Secretary and
Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister Mrs. Young
1990-94 Minister of State of the
Office of the Premier Responsible for Grenadine Affairs
1994-98 Minister of State of Communication and Works
1998 Minister of Health and the Environment Stephanie Browne
2001- Deputy Governor General
Monica Dacon
2002 Acting Governor General (June-September)
She acted during the illness and took over after her predecessor died until a
successor was selected.
2001-03 Minister of Social
Development, Family, Gender and Ecclesiastical Affairs
2003-05 Minister Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries
2005- Minister of Education Girlyn Miguel
2001-05 Minister of Culture and
Tourism Rene Baptiste
2005- Minister of
2001- Attorney General Judith
Jones-Morgan
2003-05
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Andrea
Young
Senator and Deputy Speaker of the
House of Assembly 2001-03.
Last update 18.10.08