Jerome Xavier Walcott
FRCS
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(born April 2, 1957
) is a Barbadian diplomat and politician currently serving as foreign minister of
Barbados
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.
Biography
Walcott was raised in
Bridgetown
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados
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and was educated at St. Angela's Primary and also studied at
London Business School
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. He graduated from
University of the West Indies
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in 1982 and is a fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons
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.
Walcott was MP between 2003 and 2008, and since 2001 was Leader of Government Business in the Senate and later served as minister of health under the tenure of Owen Arthur
Owen Seymour Arthur, PC (17 October 194927 July 2020) was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also s ...
. Between 1995 and 1997, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Labour Party and has been its chairman as of 2021. He was also appointed as a senator in 2013.
Since May 27, 2018, he has been the minister of foreign affairs of Barbados under prime minister Mia Mottley
Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold ...
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References
1957 births
Living people
Barbados Labour Party politicians
Members of the Senate of Barbados
University of the West Indies alumni
Alumni of the University of London
Foreign Ministers of Barbados
Health ministers of Barbados
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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