Stephenson King
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| Assumed office 07 September 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Pearlette Louisy |
| Preceded by | John Compton |
| Constituency | Castries North |
| In office 01 May 2007 – 18 May 2007 Acting |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Pearlette Louisy |
| Preceded by | John Compton |
| Succeeded by | John Compton |
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| Political party | UWP |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Stephenson King is a Saint Lucian politician who is currently the country's Prime Minister. He represents the constituency of Castries North for the United Workers Party (UWP) in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia.[1]
King served in the government under Prime Minister John Compton in the 1990s as Minister of Health and Local Government.[2]
King, as the Chairman of the UWP,[3] won the seat from Castries North in the general election held on 11 December 2006. The UWP won a majority of seats in this election, and a new government under Compton was sworn in on 19 December 2006, including King as Minister for Health and Labour Relations.[4] After Compton fell ill in May 2007, King became Acting Prime Minister. In a cabinet reshuffle in early June 2007, he became Minister of Finance (including International Financial Services), External Affairs, Home Affairs, National Security, Labor, Information and Broadcasting.[5]
Compton died on September 7, and King announced his death on September 8.[6]
King was subsequently sworn in as Prime Minister by Governor-General Pearlette Louisy on September 9.[7][8] All ten of the UWP's members of the House of Assembly agreed on King's designation as Prime Minister.[8] King reshuffled the cabinet on September 12; in addition to being Prime Minister, he is Minister of Finance, International Financial Services, External Affairs, Home Affairs and National Security.[9]
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- ^ List of members of the House of Assembly.
- ^ "May 1992 - New Cabinet", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 38, May, 1992 St Lucia, Page 38905.
- ^ "St Lucia opposition party confident of victory", Caribbean Media Corporation (nl.newsbank.com), November 21, 2006.
- ^ Anselma Aimable, "St Lucia swears in new government ministers", Caribbean Net News, December 20, 2006.
- ^ "Reallocation of ministeral portfolios in St Lucia cabinet", Caribbean Net News, June 9, 2007.
- ^ "Address to the Nation By Acting Prime Minister Honourable Stephenson King on The Passing of Sir John Compton September 8, 2007", Saint Lucian government website.
- ^ "Stephenson King is St. Lucia’s new Prime Minister", Radio Jamaica, September 10, 2007.
- ^ a b "KING AT THE HELM", nationnews.com, September 10, 2007.
- ^ "St Lucia swears in new cabinet ministers", Caribbean Net News, September 13, 2007.
Prime Minister King has recently been under tremendous pressure first from the opposition leader Dr. Kenny Anthony, then from his own renegade government side parliamentarians, to fire Econimic Planning Minister Hon. Ausbert D'Auvergne. King refused those calls and is now facing the most difficult decision of his political career.
Two ministers, Hon Marcus Nicholas Dennery North representative and Hon Rufus Bousquet, Choiseul MP have presented letters to the Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy, which state that they withdrew their support for Prime Minister King who they say "lacks the moral capacity to govern". Both Bousquet and Nicholas have in their past had a bevy of hidden, malicious and erratic beaviour.
Some feel that the opposition St Lucia Labour party and their "Liutenants" are the ones behind this crisis and are they are quietly waiting for fresh elections.
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| Preceded by John Compton |
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Acting 2007 |
Succeeded by John Compton |
| Preceded by John Compton |
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia 2007 – present |
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