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| Specially invited guests, Ministers of Government and representatives of the Diplomatic Corps were among the large audience at the Public Session at the Grand Dome on Saturday | BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (MAY 18TH 2004) – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Denzil L. Douglas has been re-elected unopposed as National Political Leader of the ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP).
Dr. Douglas was re-elected unopposed at the business session of the two-day 72nd Annual Conference attended by some 600 delegates on Sunday for the 16th Consecutive term.
Elected as Parliamentary Representative for Constituency # 6, Dr. Douglas has been serving as Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis since July 1995 when the Labour Party won 7 of the 8 seats on St. Kitts. In the 2000 General Election, the SKNLP won all eight seats on St. Kitts and holds 8 of the 11 seats in the lawmaking body.
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| St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Denzil L. Douglas (r) being congratulated by the members of the Democratic Party delegation from St. Maarten. Left to right - President of the Democratic Party of St. Maarten, Mr. Erno Labega; former Commissioner. Mr. Michael Ferrier and Commisioner, the Hon. Roy Marlin. | Elected as National Political Leader in 1989, the charismatic physician is the second longest serving political leader of this grassroots organisation, after the late Right Excellent Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, who served for 34 years from 1944 until 1978, when he died on May 23rd 1978 following a prolonged illness.
Other officers re-elected unopposed were Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Sam Condor as Deputy Political Leader; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris as National Chairman; businessman, Mr. Earl Clarke as National Vice Chairman; National Secretary is Ms. Sharylle Richardson; National Assistant Secretary, Senator, the Hon. Marcella Liburd and National Treasurer, Ms. Carolyn Adams.
The other elected members of the National Executive are Mrs. Eugenie Condor, Mr. Carl Lake and Mr. Kenrick Caines.
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| St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Political Leader of the ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Dr. the Hon. Denzil L. Douglas gets a standing ovation from delegates at the Business Session at the Factory Social Center on Sunday. All Photos by Erasmus Williams | Each Constituency, Young Labour and Labour Women will each have a representative to serve on the National Executive.
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