Sir Lee Moore | |
Honorific-Suffix: | KCMG |
Office: | 3rd Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Governor: | Probyn Inniss |
Deputy: | Charles Egbert Mills |
Term Start: | 20 May 1979 |
Term End: | 21 February 1980 |
Predecessor: | Paul Southwell |
Successor: | Kennedy Simmonds |
Birth Name: | Lee Llewellyn Moore |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1939 |
Party: | Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party |
Alma Mater: | King's College London |
Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore (15 February 1939 - 6 May 2000) served as Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 20 May 1979 to 21 February 1980. He was a member of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party. He graduated with an LLB from King's College London, and later earned an LLM and a Diploma in Theology.[1]
Lee became an aide to Premier Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw in 1967, and was appointed attorney general in 1971. He became Deputy Premier in the cabinet of Paul Southwell.[2] When Southwell died, Lee became Premier in 1979 but lost in the 1980 general election. He remained as leader of the opposition until 1984, when he lost his seat in the National Assembly. In 1989 he resigned from Labour party leadership.[3]
The courthouse in St. Kitts was renamed in his honour.[4]