Derek Hugh Taylor | |
Office: | 6th Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands |
Term Start: | 31 January 1995 |
Term End: | 15 August 2004 |
Governor: | Martin Bourke John Kelly Mervyn Jones Cynthia Astwood (Acting) Jim Poston |
Predecessor: | Washington Misick |
Successor: | Michael Misick |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1951 |
Birth Place: | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Party: | People's Democratic Movement |
Derek Hugh Taylor (born 1 October 1951[1]) is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 31 January 1995 to 15 August 2004. He is the former leader of the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) party.
He was re-elected to the Turks and Caicos Islands House of Assembly as an at-large member in the 2012 general elections but later lost his seat in the 2021 general elections as he didn't make it into the top 5 At-Large, as received the 9th most votes with 2,352 votes.