Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable, Order of the British Empire |
Emma Hippolyte | |
Constituency Mp: | Soufriere–Fond St. Jacques |
Term Start: | 2021 |
Succeeding: | Herod Stanislaus |
Office2: | Minister for Commerce, Business Development, Investment, and Consumer Affairs |
Term Start2: | 2011 |
Term End2: | 2016 |
Constituency Mp3: | Gros Islet |
Term Start3: | 2011 |
Term End3: | 2016 |
Predecessor3: | Lenard Montoute |
Successor3: | Lenard Montoute |
Office4: | Member of the Senate |
Term Start4: | 2007 |
Term End4: | 2011 |
Birth Place: | Soufriere, Saint Lucia |
Party: | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Office5: | Minister for Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs |
Term Start5: | 5 August 2021 [3] |
Honorific Suffix: | MP, OBE |
Emma Hippolyte, OBE is a Saint Lucian politician and Minister for Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs.[4] Hippolyte serves as the representative for Soufriere-Fond St. Jacques as a Member of Parliament.[5] Hippolyte was a member of the Saint Lucian Senate from 2007 to 2011.[6] She won the Soufriere-Fond St. Jacques seat in the 2021 general election. She lost the Gros Islet seat in the 2016 general election.[7]
Hippolyte was awarded OBE in 2006 for services to the government and public service.[8]
In 2017 she urged a probe into corned beef imported from Brazil.[9]
Hippolyte represented Gros Islet constituency for the Saint Lucia Labour Party from 2011 to 2016.[10] She was the Minister for Commerce, Business Development, Investment and Consumer Affairs. She won her seat in the 2011 general election.[11]