The New People's Liberation Movement was a

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Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...

led by

John Osborne John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, and entrepreneur, who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-war theatre. Born in London, he briefly worked as a jo ...

History

The NPLM was established in 2001 by a merger of the People's Progressive Alliance and the

Movement for National Reconstruction The Movement for National Reconstruction (MNR) was a political party in Montserrat led by Bertrand Osborne. History Osborne had previously been leader of the National Development Party, which won a single seat in the 1991 elections. However, b ...

,People's Progressive Alliance (PPA)
Caribbean Elections with PPA leader John Osborne becoming leader of the new party. In the

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later that year, it received 52% of the vote and won seven of the nine seats in the

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, resulting in Osborne becoming

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. In the

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, the party was reduced to three seats. Although it was able to form a coalition government with the

Montserrat Democratic Party The Montserrat Democratic Party (MDP) was a political party in Montserrat. History The original Montserrat Democratic Party was established in 1958 and led by Eric Kelsick. It was only the second party founded in the country after the Montserr ...

(which had one seat) and an independent MP, Osborne stepped down as Chief Minister and MDP leader

Lowell Lewis Lowell Lyttleton Lewis (born August 18, 1952) was a politician, a former Chief Minister of Montserrat. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Montserrat. Chief Minister of Montserrat Lewis first elected in April 2001, took office as Chief Minister on ...

became Chief Minister.

References

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