Sir Branford Mayhew Taitt, KA (May 15, 1938 – February 15, 2013) was a Barbadian politician who served as a

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and former President of the

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. He served as Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce from 1971 to 1976, Minister of Tourism and Industry from 1986 to 1987, Minister of Health from 1987 to 1993, and

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from 1993 to 1994. Taitt was the longest serving Minister of Health in the country's history. Taitt was born in 1938 on Fairfield Road in Black Rock,

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. He was the youngest of the five children of Clair Rollock and Elma Taitt-Rollock. He attended Wesley Hall Boys' School and Combermere School. Taitt later obtained a bachelor's degree

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and a

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Curriculum Vitae of Branford Taitt
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