Leona Vidal Roberts Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Leona Vidal Roberts
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Constituency Am:Stanley
Assembly:Falkland Islands Legislative
Term Start:9 November 2017
Predecessor:Gavin Short
Birth Place:Punta Arenas, Chile
Birthname:Leona Lucila Vidal
Nationality:British/Chilean
Party:Nonpartisan
Spouse:David
Children:Nicholas & Deanna
Alma Mater:Stradbroke College

Leona Lucila Vidal Roberts (born 1972) is a Falkland Islands curator, radio broadcaster and politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since the 2017 general election.[1] She previously served as Director and Manager of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust.[2]

Roberts was born in Punta Arenas, Chile to Nelson Vidal and Eileen Biggs (a fifth generation Falkland Islander). The family moved to the Falklands when she was three.[3] After attending Stanley Senior School, Roberts went to the United Kingdom to study Journalistic Law at Stradbroke College in Sheffield,[2] where she met her husband.[3]

In 1989 Roberts became an Assistant Editor at Penguin News in Stanley and then in 1994 she moved to the Government Printing Office. Roberts was appointed Director and Manager of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust in 2002[2] Roberts has also been the host of Children’s Corner on the Falkland Islands Radio Service.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Falkland Islands Elects New Legislative Assembly . MercoPress . 10 November 2017 . 2017-11-12.
  2. Web site: LinkedIn profiles . . 2017-11-12 .
  3. News: Niebieskikwiat . Natasha . 2017-11-09 . Una chilena será legisladora de las Islas Malvinas . A Chilean will be a Falkland Islands legislator . es . . 2017-11-12.
  4. Web site: Leona Roberts . . 2017-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113112/http://www.radio.co.fk/index.php/staff . 2017-11-13 . dead .