Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue,

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(18 January 1905 – 21 August 1993) was 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.

Biography

Until 1955, Cools-Lartigue was the Chief Secretary of the

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, when on 9 May he was issued a Commission by George F. Holsten appointing him to the position of Governor's Deputy. From November 1967 to 3 November 1978, Cools-Lartigue was the last

Governor of Dominica This article lists the governors and other administrators of Dominica (where known), during its time as a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1761–1778; 1784–1800), the Kingdom of France (1778–1784), and the United Kingdom (1800–1978). ...

. He was then elected Interim President and served as such from 3 November 1978 to 19 January 1979, until

Fred Degazon Frederick Eutrope Degazon (4 January 1913 – 4 October 2008) was a Dominican politician who served as the first President of the country from 1979 to 1980. Biography He was born in Castries, Saint Lucia on 4 January 1913. Degazon went to c ...

was elected President of Dominica. During a constitutional crisis stirred by the desire for democratic socialist reforms, Degazon fled to England on 10 June 1979 and Cools-Lartigue was elected by the

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as his replacement on 15 June 1979. Cools-Lartigue resigned as President either the following day under family pressure, or due to rioters attacking his house on 17 June 1979. He was replaced as President of Dominica by Jenner Armour.

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1905 births Officers of the Order of the British Empire Governors of Dominica Presidents of Dominica Speakers of the House of Assembly of Dominica 1993 deaths {{Dominica-politician-stub