Office: | Member of Parliament for Gros Islet |
Termstart: | 26 July 2021 |
Office2: | Minister for Youth Development and Sports. |
Termstart2: | 5 August 2021[1] |
Succeeding: | Lenard Montoute[2] |
Party: | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
Birth Name: | Kenson Casimir |
Education: | Leon Hess Comprehensive Secondary School, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, Grambling State University, Rajasthan Institute of Engineering and Technology and Netaji Subhas University of Technology |
Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Kenson Casimir is a Saint Lucian politician, former sports broadcaster and journalist. Casimir serves as Minister for Youth Development and Sports.[3] He was the endorsed Saint Lucia Labour Party candidate for the constituency of Gros Islet.[4] Casimir claimed his spot in the dubbed landslide victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party in the 2021 Saint Lucian general election.[5] Casimir represents the Gros Islet constituency in the House of Assembly.
Casimir was a sports broadcaster and journalist. He was the sports anchor at MBC Television. Casimir was a track and field athlete as well as a cricketer. Casimir was a teacher, lecturer and a youth and sports officer.
Casimir attended the Leon Hess Comprehensive Secondary School.[6] He later received an Academic Award for Sociology in the Sir Arthur Lewis Graduating Class of 2006. He went on to receive first class honours at Grambling State University obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Master's degree in Mass communication. Casimir holds several certifications in Human resource management at Rajasthan Institute of Technology and Applied Man Power Planning at Delhi Institute of Technology which he pursued in India.[7]