Ronald Sampson Explained

Ronald Sampson
Honorific-Suffix:CBE
Office:Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
Term Start:April 1989
Term End:September 1994
Governor:Gordon Wesley Jewkes
William Hugh Fullerton
David Everard Tatham
Predecessor:David G. P. Taylor (interim)
Successor:Andrew Gurr
Nationality:British

Ronald Sampson, CBE, is an English administrator who served as Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands from April 1989 until September 1994.[1]

During his time as Chief Executive, Sampson worked to improve up the infrastructure of the Falkland Islands in the wake of the 1982 war.[2] [3] Following his retirement in 1994, Sampson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Falklands.html Falkland Islands
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/falklands-loose-fishing-income-1561172.html Falklands loose fishing income - World, News - The Independent
  3. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEED91F3DF936A25755C0A967958260 Edgy Outpost - Life in the Falklands - Unease Tempers Prosperity In Falklands' Postwar Years - Special Report - NYTimes.com
  4. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/53893/supplements/26/page.pdf London Gazette