Trevor Myke Walker is a

Barbuda Barbuda (), is an island located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the sovereign state of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located north of the island of Antigua and is part of the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. The island is a popular ...

n politician and former Cabinet Minister under the Baldwin Spencer administration.

Early life

Walker was educated at the Holy Trinity School in

, that was destroyed in the 2017

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, but reopened in 2019.

Political career

Trevor Walker is the leader of the Barbuda People's Movement, and the vice chairman of the

Barbuda Council The Barbuda Council is a local authority that manages the internal affairs on the island of Barbuda. History and electoral system The Barbuda Council was established in 1976 by the Barbuda Local Government Act. It is an 11-member body consistin ...

Trevor Walker was elected a member of the

in 2001, and in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, he ran for the Barbuda seat in the Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives, and tied, but after a recount, won the election. He also won the

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and

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elections, and was defeated by the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party in

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. In 2012, Trevor Walker, due to the absence of Baldwin Spencer and Harold Lovell (who usually takes the position as acting

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

), Trevor Walker was the first

n to be appointed as the acting Prime Minister. In 2020,

Gaston Browne Gaston Alfonso Browne (born 9 February 1967) is the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda. He has been its leader since 2014. Before entering politics, he was a banker and businessman. Early life Browne was born on 9 February 1967, days before ...

stated, this time directly to Walker, that he will order his arrest if he continues to ignore the central governments laws. Another comment made by the Prime Minister in 2020, the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

’s comments were in response to Walker, who had earlier said in parliament that the prime minister did not have the power to arrest him.

Hurricane Irma

After

, in order to rebuild the economy of the island of Barbuda, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister have attempted multiple times to privatize Barbuda's land, due to multiple construction projects being denied by the Barbuda Council.Archived a
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A priority of Trevor Walker is to secure Barbudan people's land rights, even under the pressure of government to privatize the land.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Trevor Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Barbuda People's Movement politicians Government ministers of Antigua and Barbuda Members of the House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda) Saint Leo University alumni