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Yvette Swan
Yvette Victoria Angela Swan (20 August 1945 – 18 April 2021) was a Bermudian senator for the United Bermuda Party, optician, and pastor, as well as president of International Federation of Business and Professional Women and Project 5-0. Biography Born in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica to two schoolteachers, she went to study at Paddington Technical College in London and Aston University in Birmingham, studying optometry. Swan would then move to Bermuda with her husband Malcolm, working there as an optometrist. She was appointed as a senator for the United Bermuda Party in 1993, having been a campaigner for the party in Warwick West, she was later made Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs in 1995. She would also serve as Minister for Women's Issues, and addressed the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She made two bids for the House of Assembly, one in 1998, running in Warwick West with Quinton Edness, the other in 2003, in Warwick North Central, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette Swan 1945 2021
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves (given name), Yves, which means Taxus, yew or archery, archer in some cases. Name days *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' *Bulgaria: ''24 June'' ("Eniovden") *Latvia: 12 December Notable people *Yvette Alexander (born 1961), U.S. politician *Yvette Andréyor (1891–1962), French silent film actress *Yvette Baker (born 1968), British orienteer *Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita *Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress and singer *Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959), American photographer *Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992), Canadian actor *Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress *Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), French prima ballerina *Yvette Clarke (born 1964), U.S. politician *Yvette Cooper (born 1969), British politician *Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980), Australian artist *Yvette D'Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |