Mary Eugenia Charles

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Mary Eugenia Charles was the first female prime minister of Dominica and one of the Caribbean’s longest-serving and most influential women leaders.

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Mary Eugenia Charles canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
woman leader ⓘ
causeOfDeath pulmonary embolism ⓘ
continentOfLeadership Caribbean ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dominica ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-05-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-09-06 ⓘ
educatedAt London School of Economics ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
familyName Charles ⓘ
father John Baptiste Charles ⓘ
firstFemaleHolderOfOffice Prime Minister of Dominica ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Dominica ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
pro-Western foreign policy ⓘ
knownFor being one of the Caribbean’s longest-serving women leaders ⓘ
being the first female prime minister of Dominica ⓘ
leadership after Hurricane David in 1979 ⓘ
support for the 1983 U.S.-led intervention in Grenada ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French Creole ⓘ
middleName Eugenia ⓘ
mother Josephine Delauney Charles ⓘ
name Mary Eugenia Charles ⓘ
nationality Dominican ⓘ
notableAchievement first woman to serve as prime minister in the English-speaking Caribbean ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd 1995-06-14 ⓘ
officeStart 1980-07-21 ⓘ
partyLeaderOf Dominica Freedom Party ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pointe Michel, Dominica ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fort-de-France, Martinique ⓘ
politicalParty Dominica Freedom Party ⓘ
positionHeld Minister of Foreign Affairs of Dominica ⓘ
Prime Minister of Dominica ⓘ
precededBy Oliver Seraphin ⓘ
regionOfActivity Caribbean ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
succeededBy Edison James ⓘ
termLengthInYears approximately 15 ⓘ

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Eugenia Charles → fullName → Mary Eugenia Charles ⓘ
Mary Eugenia Charles → name → Mary Eugenia Charles ⓘ