Nazim Burke Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Nazim Burke
Office:Leader of the National Democratic Congress
Term Start:2 February 2014
Term End:1 July 2018
Predecessor:Tillman Thomas
Successor:Joseph Andall (acting)
Office2:National Democratic Congress Senator
for the House of Senate
Term Start2:27 March 2013
Term End2:29 January 2018
Office3:Minister of Finance
Primeminister3:Tillman Thomas
Term Start3:9 July 2008
Term End3:19 February 2013
Predecessor3:Keith Mitchell
Successor3:Keith Mitchell
Birth Date:18 September 1956[1]
Birth Place:Belair, Carriacou, Grenada
Party:National Democratic Congress
Alma Mater:Concordia University
University of Windsor

Nazim Burke (born September 1956) is a politician & Opposition Leader from the island of Carriacou which is part of the tri island state of Grenada. He was born in Belair Carriacou as Victor Gordon Burke and changed his name to Victor Nazim Gordon Burke.He served as the nation's Minister of Finance, Planning, Economic Development, Energy and Foreign Trade during the reign of the NDC government,[1] [2] [3] from 2008 to 2013, headed by Tillman Thomas. He was elected as the political leader of the NDC at a party convention in early 2014 after Tillman Thomas stepped aside following the loss at the 2013 elections.[4] Burke resigned as party leader in July 2018 following his party's disastrous election results in that year's election in which the party failed to gain any seats leaving it out of the house of representatives for a third time. He was succeeded by his Deputy Joseph Andall as acting leader pending a new leadership election due no later than March 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NDC Past Leaders . 28 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211228234534/https://ndcgrenada.org/past_leaders/ . 28 December 2021 . dead.
  2. Web site: Grenada: Cabinet. pdba.georgetown.edu.
  3. Web site: Government of Grenada . 8 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090408023004/http://www.gov.gd/min-finance.html . 2009-04-08 .
  4. Web site: Nazim Burke Elected Leader of the NDP. 6 February 2014.