Vernon Lorden Shaw (13 May 1930
– 2 December 2013) was the
fifth President of Dominica, in office from 1998 to 2003.
Shaw was an alumnus of the
Dominica Grammar School
The Dominica Grammar School (DGS) is a public co-education secondary school in Roseau, Dominica, established in 1893, one of the oldest educational institutions on the island. Contrary to its name, the school no longer functions as a tradition ...
and
Trinity College, Oxford
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[ He was a career civil servant, rising to the post of Cabinet Secretary in 1977, and retiring in 1990.][ He became resident tutor of the University of the West Indies in 1991.
Shaw was elected to a five-year term as President by the ]House of Assembly
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level.
Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gove ...
on 2 October 1998, as the candidate of the United Workers' Party (UWP). The secret ballot, party-line vote was 18–13. He took office on October 6, 1998, following the expiration of President Crispin Sorhaindo
Crispin Anselm Sorhaindo OBE (23 May 1931 – 10 January 2010) was the fourth President of Dominica. He served from 25 October 1993 until 5 October 1998.
Early life
Sorhaindo was born in 1931 in the village of Vieille Case. He attended the Vieil ...
's single five-year term. Shaw left office on 1 October 2003, and was succeeded by Nicholas Liverpool
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 – 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
Biography
In 1957, Liverpool entered the U ...
. He died on 2 December 2013 at the age of 83.
References
1930 births
2013 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Presidents of Dominica
Members of the House of Assembly of Dominica
United Workers' Party (Dominica) politicians
20th-century Dominica politicians
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