Osborne Riviere Explained

Osborne Riviere
Office:Prime Minister of Dominica
Order:Acting
President:Nicholas Liverpool
Predecessor:Pierre Charles
Successor:Roosevelt Skerrit
Constituency Mp1:Colihaut
Term Start1:31 January 2000
Term End1:12 May 2005
Predecessor1:Herbert Sabaroache
Successor1:Gerard Philogene
Birth Date:1932
Birth Place:Dominica
Death Place:Martinique
Term Start:6 January 2004
Term End:8 January 2004

Francis Osborne Riviere (1932[1] – 23 November 2017)[2] was Foreign Minister of Dominica. He became the foreign minister in 2001, replacing the prime minister, Pierre Charles. He acted as Prime Minister, after Pierre Charles' s death. He had previously been trade minister.[3]

He acted as Prime Minister after the death of Pierre Charles until Roosevelt Skerrit assumed the Prime Ministership two days later. He decided to retire from active politics following the 2005 General Election. Riviere served as a member of the Dominica Labour Party. He died on 23 November 2017, aged 85.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caribbean Elections Biography | Osborne Riviere.
  2. Web site: Index Re-Ri.
  3. Web site: ACS Newsletter . 2011-01-03 . 2011-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615225247/http://www.acs-aec.org/Bulletin/b0901i.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: Former government minister passes | Dominica Vibes News.