Nicholas Liverpool Explained

Nicholas Liverpool
Office:	6th President of Dominica
Primeminister:	Pierre Charles Osborne Riviere Roosevelt Skerrit
Term Start:	2 October 2003
Term End:	17 September 2012
Predecessor:	Vernon Shaw
Successor:	Eliud Williams
Birth Name:	Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool
Birth Date:	9 September 1934
Birth Place:	Grand Bay, British Leeward Islands
Death Place:	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Resting Place:	Grand Bay Roman Catholic Church Cemetery
Party:	Independent
Spouse:	Cecilia Koranteng-Addow m. 1963 d. 1969, Verna Liverpool
Alma Mater:	University of Hull City Law School University of Sheffield

Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 – 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.

Biography

In 1957, Liverpool entered the University of Hull and obtained an LL.B (Hons.) degree in 1960. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1961. He received a Ph.D degree from University of Sheffield in 1965.^[1] After returning to the Caribbean, he spent 18 years as a law lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Barbados and in 1992 became dean of its law school. He served as a regional judge and then an appeal court judge in several countries in the Caribbean including Belize and Grenada. He also served as a high court judge in Antigua and Montserrat and served on a number of tribunals and commissions for legal reform. In 2002 he was chairman of the constitutional review commission for Grenada.^[2] The University of Hull awarded him a degree of Doctor of Laws in July 2011.^[3]

Liverpool became Ambassador to the United States in March 1998,^[4] serving in that capacity until 2001.^[5]

In the same year as elected president, Liverpool was awarded the Dominica Award of Honour. Between 2002 and 2003 he also served as a Member of the UNESCO governing board. In July 2008 he agreed to serve a second term as President upon the expiration of his first term, following a joint nomination by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Opposition Leader Earl Williams.^[6]

Nicholas Liverpool died on 1 June 2015 in Miami, Florida, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 80 years old.^[7]

National honours

• Dominica Award of Honour

Foreign honours

• Italy
  • Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, Special Class^{[8] [9] [10]}

External links

• Official site of the President's Office, Commonwealth of Dominica

Notes and References

1. http://www.presidentoffice.gov.dm/cv.htm "Curriculum Vitae of Dr. N.J.O. Liverpool, D.A.H. President of the Commonwealth of Dominica"
2. Turner, Barry, eds. The Statesman's Yearbook 2010: The Politics, Cultures And Economies Of The World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. 405.
3. Web site: His Excellency Dr Nicholas Liverpool DAH, OCC. University of Hull. 7 June 2015. 6 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611062312/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/law-school/alumni/liverpool_nicholas.aspx. 11 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
4. https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/91604.htm List of Dominican ambassadors to the United States
5. Web site: His Excellency Dr. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool D.A.H. O.C.C.. Office of the President of Dominica.
6. http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-9404--31-31--.html "Dominica's president to serve second term"
7. Web site: Former head of state dies. Jamaica Observer. 7 June 2015. 1 June 2015.
8. Web site: President and First Lady of Dominica honoured by Constantinian Order at London Ceremony - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George. 28 July 2012 .
9. News: More condolence messages for Dr Liverpool. Dominica Vibes. 5 June 2015. 7 June 2015.
10. In 2012 Liverpool was awarded and invested by HRH The Duke of Castro as a Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in recognition to his contribution to law and Catholic Life and served from 2014 as Vice Delegate for Dominica for the Order.