The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer, will pay an official visit to the CARICOM Secretariat on 23-25 June 2004.

On this, his first official visit to the Secretariat since assuming the Chairmanship of CARICOM earlier this year, Prime Minister Spencer is expected to have a packed programme from the time of his arrival - scheduled for the night of 23 June 2004.

He is expected to meet with several officials including representatives of the Government of Guyana and the Opposition. Mr. Spencer will also meet with His Excellency, Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General of the CARICOM and senior staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. He will also visit the site of the new CARICOM Headquarters, which is being built at Liliendaal.

The full programme for the CARICOM Chairman's official visit to the Secretariat will be made available to the media in due course.

Below, please find a brief bio sketch of the CARICOM Chairman.

Hon. Winston Baldwin Spencer Prime Minister Antigua and Barbuda

BIO SKETCH

Date of Birth: 8 October 1948
Marital Status: Married
Education:

    · Princess Margaret Secondary School
    · Diploma in Social Leadership, Coady International Institute, Canada
    · Diploma In Labour and Economic Studies, Ruskin College, Oxford University
    · Diploma in Labour and Industrial Relation Systems, Oslo University, Norway

Professional/Political Career:

    · 1st Vice President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union
    · Assistant General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union
    · President of the Caribbean Maritime and Aviation Council
    · Parliamentary Representative of the St John's Rural West Constituency
    · Political Leader of the United Progressive Party
    · 1989-2004: Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives.
    · 2004: Elected Prime Minister

Portfolios:

Barbuda Affairs, Information, Labour, Ecclesiastical Affair, National Security and Public Administration
  
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