Mahala Wynns (born 4 October 1948)
is a Turk and Caicos Islander politician who served as the
Deputy Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) from 9 August 2006
[ to 15 October 2013.Anya Williams elected new Deputy Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands]
Turks and Caicos Sun She was also the Acting Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2005 and 2008.
Wynns is the second woman to act as the Turks and Caicos Islands Governor. Her first tenure was from 21 June to 11 July 2005 with the departure of
Jim Poston
James Poston, CBE (19 June 1945 – 13 October 2007) was a British diplomat who was Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 2002 to 2005. Poston succeeded acting Governor Cynthia Astwood on 16 December 2002.
Poston was born in 1945 in St A ...
. She stepped down when
Richard Tauwhare took office on 11 July 2005.
Wynns's second tenure as acting Governor was from the time Tauwhare departed from the Turks and Caicos Islands on 16 July 2008
to the swearing of new Governor
Gordon Wetherell on 5 August.
References
1948 births
Living people
Deputy Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands women in politics
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