Eliud Thaddeus Williams (born 21 August 1948)Curriculum Vitae
Dominica Government Information Service is a

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

n politician who served as seventh President of Dominica from 2012 to 2013.

Life and career

Eliud Williams was born in 1948 in Dominica. After college he entered politics. He was appointed as Commissioner of Cooperatives from 1985 to 1987. He entered the civil service and had several positions. He obtained a master's degree in Business Administration at the

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in 1995."Asumió Eliud Williams como nuevo presidente en Dominica"

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, 18 September 2012 He was Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1996, then to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment until 2000. In the civil service, he was chairman of the government's Rural Enterprise project from 1996 to 2000. In 2004, he became Director General of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority, a position which he held until 2008. Next he went to the Ministry of Communications, Works and Housing til 2008. From 2004 to 2008, he was a senior consultant to WHITCO Inc, working in business planning. Following the resignation of President

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due to ill health and later death, Eliud Williams was the

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's candidate for the presidency. He was elected by

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on 18 September 2012, in an election boycotted by the main opposition United Workers Party, which claimed the process was unconstitutional."Dominica chooses new president despite opposition boycott of parliament vote"
Associated Press, 18 September 2012 Eliud has a brother Signorette Joseph Williams, who migrated to St. Croix USVI in the late 1960s before moving to the United States in 1980.

References

External links

Official site of the President's Office, Commonwealth of Dominica
1948 births Living people Presidents of Dominica University of the West Indies alumni {{Dominica-politician-stub