Louis George (politician) explained
Louis Bertrand George (10 October 1950 2 January 2014) was a Saint Lucian politician. He was elected to the House of Assembly representing Micoud North constituency in 1982. He was a member of the United Workers Party.[1]
George was Minister for Education from 1982 to 1997.[2] He was Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Vaughan Lewis.[3] [4] Following the 1997 elections, he was Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition from 1997 to 2001.
He was awarded the Saint Lucia Cross for contribution to national development in 2009.[5]
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- Web site: Louis George dies . HTS Channel 4 . Springer, Winston . 3 January 2014 . 4 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140105051756/http://www.htsstlucia.org/HTS_News/2014/January/3rd/Louis-George-dies.html . 5 January 2014 .
- Web site: Former Minister for Education, Louis George has been honoured by the Vieux Fort Comprehensive School . CaribbeanHotFM . 4 January 2014.
- Web site: Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ... . J. Whitaker & Sons . en . 1997.
- Web site: The Europa World Year Book 2003 . Routledge . en . 2003.
- Web site: Former education minister dies . St. Lucia News Online . 2 January 2014 . 4 January 2014.