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Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP [2] (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system ...
Hans Kristian Rausing ( Swedish pronunciation: [hɑːns ˈkrɪ̌sːtɪjan ˈrâʊsɪŋ]; born 15 June 1963) is a Swedish billionaire and the son of packaging industrialist Hans Rausing. His grandfather Ruben Rausing founded the food-packaging giant Tetra Pak. The family has an estimated $12 billion fortune. [1] [2] Rausing did not enter the ...
George Washington House (Barbados) Coordinates: 13°04′55″N 59°36′24″W. Exterior. Interior. George Washington House in Barbados is a historic house where the future first U.S. President George Washington is alleged to have stayed in 1751. He was 19 years old at the time and traveling with his half-brother, Lawrence Washington, who was ...
Future Centre Trust (FCT), also known previously as Counterpart Caribbean, is an environmental organization based on the Caribbean island of Barbados.FCT aims to work with wider organizations such as UNCED to concentrate on economic and tourist activity in Barbados that is based on sustainable development for future generations on the island, the region and the wider world.
Bridgetown, Barbados. Alma mater. University of Toronto. Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995) [1] was the first female governor-general of Barbados. [2] Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 June 1990 until her death on 19 ...
Barbados National Trust. The Barbados National Trust, founded in 1960, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect the natural and artistic heritage of Barbados and to increase public awareness of the country's historic and architectural treasures. These include a number of different cemeteries, gardens, historic houses, nature ...
Barbadian nationality law. Barbadian nationality law is regulated by 1966 Constitution of Barbados, as amended; the Barbados Citizenship Act, as amended; and various British Nationality laws. [1] [2] [3] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Barbados. Barbadian nationality is typically obtained under the rules of jus ...
The island was an English and later a British colony from 1625 until 1966. Sugar cane cultivation in Barbados began in the 1640s, which saw the increasing importation of black slaves from West Africa. Several black slave codes were implemented in the late-17th century which resulted in several slave rebellion attempts, however none was ...