Willard Wheatley

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(16 July 1915 – 22 January 1997) was a British Virgin Islands educator and politician who served two consecutive terms as the

Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands The Premier of the Virgin Islands is the head of government for the British Virgin Islands. As a British Overseas Territory, the Premier is appointed by the Governor on behalf of the British monarch, currently King Charles III. Until 2007, the ...

from 1971 to 1979. He was the second ever Chief Minister of the Territory, and the first ever minister of finance. He served as Chief Minister at the head of two different coalition governments: one as ''de facto'' leader of the United Party, and the other the

VI Democratic Party The VI Democratic Party (VIDP or DP) is a nodefunctpolitical party of the British Virgin Islands. It was originally formed by Dr Q. William Osborne during the first session of the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands under the ne ...

. At an event to commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday of Wheatley, then Premier

Orlando Smith Daniel Orlando Smith, OBE (born 28 August 1944) is a British Virgin Islands politician and the former Premier of the British Virgin Islands from 2011 to 2019 and from 2003 to 2007. He also formerly served as Chief Minister of the British Vir ...

made a commitment to provide public funds to memorialise his achievements and for a book about his life to be published. His grandson

Natalio Wheatley Natalio Dixon Wheatley (born 2 June 1980) is a British Virgin Islands politician currently serving as Premier of the Virgin Islands, Premier of the British Virgin Islands. He is the grandson of former Chief Minister, Willard Wheatley. He has at t ...

became Premier of the British Virgin Islands in May 2022.

Electoral history

Political offices

References

British Virgin Islands at World Statesmen.org

Footnotes

1915 births 1997 deaths British Virgin Islands politicians Chief Ministers of the British Virgin Islands Finance Ministers of the British Virgin Islands Leaders of the Opposition (British Virgin Islands) United Party (British Virgin Islands) politicians VI Democratic Party politicians {{BritishVirginIslands-politician-stub