BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – TODAY (Jan. 14) marks the 60th birth anniversary of the Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis and Leader of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas, and the management and staff of SKNVibes take this opportunity to congratulate him on reaching this milestone and wish him well in his future endeavours.
The Chief Executive Officer, Gregory Gilbert, on behalf of some staff members, and also a number of the media house’s employees have sent personal birthday greetings to Dr. Douglas.
“On behalf of myself, senior management and staff of SKNVibes, I would like to wish you a happy birthday and may you live to see many more such days,” said Gilbert.
In her birthday greetings, Content Specialist Angela Williams said, “Happy birthday Dr. Douglas. I wish you God’s greatest blessings in running this beautiful country of ours and may you live to see many, many, many more sunrises. And please remember that sometime in the past I had applied for a home to house myself and five children.”
Sports reporter Loshaun Dixon also sent his greetings.
“Happy birthday Dr. Douglas and may you live to see many more sunrises. I know that your job is a very difficult one, but hold strain.”
Entertainment reporter Precious Mills said, “Happy birthday Mr. PM and I hope that you will have a very good day. Plenty candles…but you are aging well.”
In her greetings, Business and General News reporter Terresa McCall said, “It is always good to reflect upon one’s life whenever a milestone is reached. You have 60 under your belt and in charting a course for the next 60, seek the face of God in your decision-making processes and ensure that advices you heed are indicative of the Word of God.”
Birthday greetings were also sent by the writer, who is the Editor-in-Chief and Guyana’s Honorary Consul to St. Kitts and Nevis.
“On behalf of my wife and I and the Government and people of Guyana, as well as the many Guyanese residing in the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, I wish you a very happy 60th birth anniversary. May God guide you in the direction of making St. Kitts and Nevis the envy of the Caribbean for its economic and social growth.
“We all know that the Federation has a huge National Debt similar to what Guyana had experienced, but with you employing the correct remedial measures, I am certain that the island of St. Kitts can regain its prominence as the ‘Mother Colony’ and Nevis as the ‘Queen City’. Keep striving for excellence as we wish you every success in your future endeavours as Political Leader of the Federation.”
Born on January 14, 1953 in the Village of St. Paul’s, Dr. Douglas has been the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis since July 1995 and is the longest serving in this capacity, as well as the longest serving Head of Government in the Americas.
At the age of 24, Douglas obtained his Bachelor of Science degree and seven years later his Degree in medicine from the University of the West Indies.
In 1986 he went into private practice as a family physician and served as President of the St. Kitts-Nevis medical Association in the late 1980s.
Also in the 1980s, Douglas’ political career had reached a very significant height, as he was elected the Labour Party’s Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Number Six in 1989 and appointed Leader of the Opposition. He was also elected Leader of the Labour Party in that year.
He was appointed Prime Minister following the Labour party’s success at the 1995 General Elections and again in March 2000, October 2004 when his party won all eight seats.
His fourth consecutive term as Prime Minister was achieved on January 25, 2010 when the Labour party won six of the eight seats in the 11-elected member National Assembly.
Prime Minister Douglas’ most recent political achievement came in 2011 when he was appointed a Privy Counsellor, which bestowed him the title of Right Honourable.
