Lee Moore (politician) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic St. Kitts - Lee L. Moore. 2021-01-20. www.historicstkitts.kn.
  2. Web site: St Kitts And Nevis Labour Party To Elect A New Leader On 28 November - SKN News . SKN News . 27 November 2021.
  3. Book: Bute . Evangeline . Harmer . H. J. P. . The Black Handbook: The People, History and Politics of Africa and the African Diaspora . Bloomsbury Publishing . en . 6 October 2016. 9781474292870 .
  4. Web site: 2004-09-11. Court Building to be Named in Honour of Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore on National Heroes Day. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20041104054806/http://www.cuopm.com/newsitem.asp?articlenumber=49. 2004-11-04. 2021-01-20. The Communications' Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister, St. Kitts & Nevis.