Arsene Vigil James (30 October 1944 – 29 July 2018) was a

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

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and former

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. He represented the

Micoud Micoud District is one of 10 districts (formerly called quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia The seat of this district is the town of Micoud inside this district. According to the 2002 census, the population of the district ...

South

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for the United Workers' Party. James became Opposition Leader when UWP leader

Morella Joseph Dr. Morella Joseph is a politician in the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia and was reportedly the first woman in its history to become president of a political party. After the unexpected resignation of Vaughan Lewis, Joseph was elected to ...

did not win her seat, in the December 2001

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. He served as the Minister for Education and Culture under the government of Prime Minister

John Compton Sir John George Melvin Compton, (29 April 1925 – 7 September 2007) was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first Prime Minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton ser ...

from 2006 to 2011. He died on July 29, 2018.Anselma Aimable
"St Lucia swears in new government ministers"
, Caribbean Net News, December 20, 2006.

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Members of the House of Assembly

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
1944 births 2018 deaths Members of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia Government ministers of Saint Lucia United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) politicians {{SaintLucia-politician-stub

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