Victor Franklin Banks (born 8 November 1947)
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Anguilla
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n politician. A member of the
Anguilla United Front (AUF), he served as
Premier from 14 May 2019 until his defeat in the
2020 general election.
Biography
The oldest of six siblings, Banks grew up in
The Valley.
Educational Prowess and Professional Experience Counts By: Sheridan Smith
The Anguillan, 24 September 2014 His father died when he was a teenager. His first job was as a teacher at Valley Secondary School, where he worked from 1964 until 1968. He then attended the University of the Virgin Islands
The University of the Virgin Islands (or UVI) is a public historically black land-grant university in the United States Virgin Islands.
History
UVI was founded as the College of the Virgin Islands on March 16, 1962. In 1986, it officially be ...
, where he obtained a BA in social sciences in 1972. He then attended the New School for Social Research in New York City
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, where he obtained a master's degree in political science. He started a PhD at the same institution, but left in 1979 at the all but dissertation
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stage.
A member of the Anguilla National Alliance, he was elected to 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 ...
in the Valley North constituency in the 1981 elections. Then 33, he became the island's youngest government minister when he was appointed Minister of Social Services. He moved to the Anguilla Democratic Party
The Anguilla Democratic Party was a political party in Anguilla.
At the 21 February 2005 elections
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(ADP) prior to the 1984 elections, in which he lost his seat and place in the cabinet.
In a by-election
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in 1985 he was elected in the Valley South Constituency for the ADP. He retained the Valley South seat until the 2010 elections. In 1994 he was appointed Minister of Finance and Economic Development, serving until 1999. In 2000 he became Minister of Finance, Economic Development, Investment and Commerce, with Tourism added to the portfolio in 2005. He left the cabinet after losing his seat in 2010.
Banks became Chief Minister (renamed to Premier in 2019) after the AUF won six of the seven elected seats in the House of Assembly in the 2015 elections
The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015.
Africa
* 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015
* 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015
* 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015
* 2015 Burun ...
, in which he also regained the Valley South seat.
References
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1947 births
Members of the House of Assembly of Anguilla
Chief Ministers of Anguilla
Premiers of Anguilla
Living people
Government ministers of Anguilla
People from The Valley, Anguilla