Sir Lawrence Joseph | |
Honorific Suffix: | KCNG, CBE |
Office1: | President of the Senate of Grenada |
Primeminister1: | Keith Mitchell |
Term Start1: | 27 March 2013 |
Term End1: | 24 December 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Joan Purcell |
Successor1: | Chester Humphrey |
Primeminister2: | Herbert Blaize |
Term Start2: | 1984 |
Term End2: | 1988 |
Successor2: | John Watts |
Office3: | Speaker of the House of Representatives of Grenada |
Primeminister3: | Keith Mitchell |
Term Start3: | 9 January 2004 |
Term End3: | 3 June 2008 |
Predecessor3: | George McGuire |
Successor3: | George McGuire |
Birth Name: | Lawrence Albert Joseph |
Alma Mater: | University of London University of the West Indies |
Sir Lawrence Joseph is an attorney and a politician from Grenada.
He has a degree from University of London, master of laws from University of London, barrister at law from Lincoln’s Inn, bachelor of sciences in economics from University of the West Indies.[1] He first worked as an economist until start practising law in 1977.
Joseph served as President of the Senate from 1984 to 1988 and from March 2013 to December 2014. He was also appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2003,[2] and served from January 2004 to June 2008.
Joseph also served as the leader of government business, and minister of education and Labour. He was appointed acting Attorney General of Grenada in 2017.[3]