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2017 In Barbados
This article lists events from the year 2017 in Barbados. Incumbents *Monarch: Elizabeth II * Governor-General: Elliott Belgrave (until 30 June); Philip Greaves (acting) (from 1 July) * Prime Minister: Freundel Stuart Events *September – Hurricane Irma Sports *14 to 30 July – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships with 4 competitors. *4 to 13 August – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics with 7 competitors (5 men and 2 women) in 6 events. Deaths *13 July – Keith Baird, Barbadian-born American linguist (born 1923). *11 October – Clifford Husbands, politician and judge, Governor-General 1996–2011 (b. 1926). *9 December – Charles Skeete Charles A. "Charlie" Skeete (c. 1938 – December 9, 2017) was a Barbadian economist and diplomat. He served as Barbados' Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1983 and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American St ..., economist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbados At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Barbados competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July. Swimming Barbados has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send a maximum of four swimmers (two men and two women) to the World Championships. References Nations at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ... World Aquatics Championships {{Barbados-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 21st Century In Barbados
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2010s In Barbados
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2017 In Barbados
This article lists events from the year 2017 in Barbados. Incumbents *Monarch: Elizabeth II * Governor-General: Elliott Belgrave (until 30 June); Philip Greaves (acting) (from 1 July) * Prime Minister: Freundel Stuart Events *September – Hurricane Irma Sports *14 to 30 July – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships with 4 competitors. *4 to 13 August – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics with 7 competitors (5 men and 2 women) in 6 events. Deaths *13 July – Keith Baird, Barbadian-born American linguist (born 1923). *11 October – Clifford Husbands, politician and judge, Governor-General 1996–2011 (b. 1926). *9 December – Charles Skeete Charles A. "Charlie" Skeete (c. 1938 – December 9, 2017) was a Barbadian economist and diplomat. He served as Barbados' Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1983 and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American St ..., economist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Skeete
Charles A. "Charlie" Skeete (c. 1938 – December 9, 2017) was a Barbadian economist and diplomat. He served as Barbados' Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1983 and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American States (OAS) during the 1980s. A graduate of the University of the West Indies, Skeete became one of the Caribbean's leading economists. In the 1980s, Skeete was appointed to the committee that analyzed the economies and social development of the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Prior to his career as a diplomat, Skeete served as the Permanent Secretary of Barbados’ Ministry of Finance. He advised and consulted for several of Barbados governments and prime ministers, including Prime Ministers Errol Barrow and Tom Adams. In the early 1980s, Prime Minister Tom Adams appointed Skeete as the country's lead negotiator during negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for an IMF Stand-By Arrangement. Skeete served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Husbands
Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands GCMG KStJ KA QC (5 August 1926 – 11 October 2017) was a Barbadian judge who served as the sixth Governor-General of Barbados. He held this office from 1996, when he was appointed after the death of Nita Barrow, until he retired on 31 October 2011. He was the longest-serving Barbadian Governor-General. Husbands died suddenly of a heart attack on 11 October 2017 at the age of 91. He was predeceased by his wife, Lady Ruby Husbands (née Parris), who died on 7 July 2009. See also *Governor-General of Barbados The governor-general of Barbados was the representative of the Barbadian monarch from independence in 1966 until the establishment of a republic in 2021. Under the government's Table of Precedence for Barbados, the governor-general of Barbados ... References External links PhotoBiography 1926 births 2017 deaths Barbadian knights Barbadian judges Barbadian lawyers Governors-General of Barbados Knights and Dames of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Baird
Keith Ethelbert Baird (20 January 1923 – 13 July 2017) was a Barbados-born American educator and linguist, whose work in linguistic anthropology and the politics of language is considered trailblazing."Updated: Keith E. Baird, linguistic anthropologist dies at 94" ''On Common Ground News'', 27 July 2017. At a 1966 conference in Washington, DC, Baird argued convincingly that the word Negro "is used solely to describe the slaved and the enslavable", and that instead the description Afro-American should be used. Biography Baird was born in Arch Hall,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbados At The 2017 World Championships In Athletics
Barbados competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, 4–13 August 2017. Results Men ;Track and road events Women ;Track and road events Nations at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics 2017 in Barbadian sport, World Championships in Athletics Barbados at the World Athletics Championships {{Barbados-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open Atlantic region, outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico until it was surpassed by Hurricane Dorian two years later. It was also the third strongest Atlantic hurricane at landfall ever recorded, just behind the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Dorian. The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2017 season, Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys. It was also the most intense hurricane to strike the continental United States since Katrina in 2005, the first major hurrican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freundel Stuart
Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC (born 27 April 1951) is a Barbadian politician who served as seventh Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013; and from 21 February 2013 to 25 May 2018. He succeeded David Thompson, who had died in office on 23 October 2010 from pancreatic cancer. Biography Personal life and education Stuart was born in Saint Philip, Barbados. He is the father of one daughter. Stuart was elected as 1st vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (Barbados), DLP and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in 1995. He served in that position until 2004. Stuart was also appointed in 1995 as shadow deputy prime minister, shadow attorney general and shadow interior minister to serve in the Shadow Cabinet of David Thompson. He held those three positions until 20 January 2008. In 2004, Stuart was elected as the leader and president of the DLP in a leadership election. Stuart narrowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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