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  2. Billie Miller - Wikipedia

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    Succeeded by. Mia Mottley. Personal details. Born. ( 1944-01-08) 8 January 1944 (age 80) British Windward Islands (now Barbados) Dame Billie Antoinette Miller, DA, OOC (born 8 January 1944) is a Barbadian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister. Miller is a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).

  3. Barbados–China relations - Wikipedia

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    China-Barbados relations. Relations between Barbados and China began on 4 September 1967 with Barbados recognizing the People's Republic of China from 30 May 1977, [2] just over one decade after the eastern Caribbean island nation's independence from the United Kingdom. [3] Chinese-Barbadian trade relations have intensified over the decades and ...

  4. History of Barbados - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Sandra Mason - Wikipedia

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    diplomat. Dame Sandra Prunella Mason FB GCMG DA SC (born 17 January 1949) is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who is serving as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021, the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021, Mason was elected ...

  6. Geography of Barbados - Wikipedia

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    Barbados. /  13.167°N 59.550°W  / 13.167; -59.550. Barbados is a continental island in the North Atlantic Ocean and is located at 13°10' north of the equator, and 59°32' west of the Prime Meridian. As the easternmost isle of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, Barbados lies 160 kilometres (100 mi) east of the Windward Islands and ...

  7. Mia Mottley - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford - Wikipedia

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    Angelita Sandiford. Residence. Ilaro Court (1987–1994) Profession. Economics Lecturer. Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, KA, PC (24 March 1937 – 26 June 2023) was a Barbadian politician. He served as the fourth prime minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994, and later served as Barbados' first resident ambassador in Beijing, China, from 2010 to 2013.

  9. Elections in Barbados - Wikipedia

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    Elections in Barbados are held to choose members to fill elective offices in the House of Assembly. Elections are held on Election Day. These general elections do not have fixed dates, but must be called within five years of the opening of parliament following the last election. [1] A former minister of the DLP, Warwick Franklin summed up the ...

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