Reuben Theodore Meade (born 7 March 1954) is a retired politician from

Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

who served as the island's first

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between 2010 and 2014. He previously served as

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between 1991 and 1996 and 2009 to 2010. A member of the Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP), he previously led the now-defunct National Progressive Party.

Biography

He launched his election campaign (for the early general election of 8 September 2009) on 28 July 2009. His party won the majority, garnering six of the nine seats up for grabs, while former chief minister Dr

Lowell Lewis Lowell Lyttleton Lewis (born August 18, 1952) was a politician, a former Chief Minister of Montserrat. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Montserrat. Chief Minister of Montserrat Lewis first elected in April 2001, took office as Chief Minister o ...

and two other independents took the remaining seats. Meade was congratulated by his political opponent, Lewis, and said that the revival of the economy of Montserrat would be his main priority. The

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saw the defeat of the MCAP. Meade finished seventh in the vote total, retaining his seat in the Legislative Assembly.Elections 2014
Government of Montserrat

References

1954 births Chief Ministers of Montserrat Living people Movement for Change and Prosperity politicians National Progressive Party (Montserrat) politicians University of the West Indies alumni Premiers of Montserrat {{Montserrat-politician-stub