Laura Tucker-Longsworth Explained

Laura Tucker-Longsworth
Nationality:	Belizean
Primeminister2:	Dean Barrow
Term Start2:	13 January 2017
Term End2:	6 October 2020
Successor2:	Valerie Woods
Party:	United Democratic Party (Belize)

Laura Tucker-Longsworth OBE is a politician and nurse in Belize. In January 2017, she became the Speaker of the Belize House of Representatives.^{[1] [2]}

Education

Tucker-Longsworth holds a master's degree in nursing. She is a co-ordinator for the Registered Nurse bachelor's programme at the University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize.^[3]

Career

She was a founding member of the Belize Cancer Society, also serving as its president. She is chair of the National AIDS Commission and of the disciplinary committee for the Nurses and Midwives Council of Belize. Tucker-Longsworth is also a director of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition.

In 2015, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mrs. Laura Tucker-Longsworth being sworn in as speaker of the house . United Democratic Party.
2. Web site: House of Representatives Belize - National Assembly.
3. Web site: The next Speaker of the House – Laura Tucker Longsworth Amandala Newspaper . 14 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170214101752/https://amandala.com.bz/news/speaker-house-laura-tucker-longsworth/ . 2017-02-14 .
4. News: The next Speaker of the House – Laura Tucker Longsworth . Amandala . December 17, 2016.