Leonne Theodore-John is a Saint Lucian politician, who was

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of the

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from April 2010 to December 2011. She was also

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of the

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from 12 June 2016 to 1 March 2018, when she resigned the position. During her time as speaker she supported diplomatic relations between Taiwan and Saint Lucia. She has also undertaken the role of Commissioner on the Constituencies Boundaries Commission of Saint Lucia. From 2018 to February 2022 she held the office of Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Educated at the

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, from where she was awarded a BA in law, and the

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, where she was awarded a PGDip in Law, she was admitted to the Bar in 2005. First to the

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in July, then subsequently to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in September of the same year. She is a member of United Workers Party.

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