Sir Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, is the former
Secretary-General of the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), serving from 1992 to 2010.
Academic career
Born in Parlatuvier in
Tobago, Carrington attended the
University College of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the ...
and
McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, earning a
BA degree in economics. He subsequently earned a
MA degree in economics from the
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...
. He briefly served as a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of the West Indies (UWI).
Diplomatic career
Carrington joined the CARIFTA Secretariat, as CARICOM was then called, advancing to the position of Director of the Trade and Integration Division. In 1975, Carrington served as the CARICOM representative during negotiations for the
Lomé Convention. From 1985 to 1990, Carrington served as Secretary-General of the
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), previously serving as Deputy Secretary-General from 1977.
[ He became the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community in August 1992 serving until December 2010. This tenure marks him as the longest serving Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. Carrington is a member of Washington D.C. based think tank the Inter-American Dialogue. He currently serves as the ]Ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
of Trinidad and Tobago to the Caribbean Community.[
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Awards
* Knight Commander of the Order of the Nation (KCN) (Antigua and Barbuda)
* Trinity Cross (TC)[
* Chaconia Medal (CM)][
* Companion of Honour of Barbados (CHB)][
* Member of the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC)
* Grand Cross with Silver Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella][
* The Cacique's Crown of Honour (CCH)][
* Honorary Member of the ]Order of Jamaica
The Order of Jamaica is the fifth of the six orders in the Jamaican honours system. The Order was established in 1969, and it is considered the equivalent of a knighthood in the British honours system.
Membership in the Order can be conferred upon ...
(OJ Hon.)[
* Grand Cordon of the ]Honorary Order of the Yellow Star
The Honorary Order of the Yellow Star (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Ere-Orde van de Gele Ster'') is the highest state decoration of the Republic of Suriname. The Order was instituted in 1975 at the Suriname#Independence, independence of Suriname and r ...
* Commander of the Order of Civil Merit (Spain)
* Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
* Pelican Award, UWIAA Distinguished Alumni Awards (Trinidad and Tobago)
References
External links
Caribbean Community
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People from Tobago
Alumni of University of London Worldwide
Alumni of the University of London
University of the West Indies alumni
McGill University alumni
Trinidad and Tobago diplomats
Living people
Members of the Order of Jamaica
Order of Civil Merit members
Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Recipients of the Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda)
Grand Crosses with Silver Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella
Grand Cordons of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star
Recipients of the Trinity Cross
Recipients of the Chaconia Medal
Caribbean Community people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the Inter-American Dialogue
Recipients of the Order of the Caribbean Community