John Compton

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John Compton was a Saint Lucian statesman who led the country to independence and served multiple terms as its prime minister.

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John Compton canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Saint Lucia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-04-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-09-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Inner Temple ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
University of Wales ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean ⓘ
familyName Compton ⓘ
founded United Workers Party ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Saint Lucia ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
independenceDateLed 1979-02-22 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
ledToIndependence Saint Lucia ⓘ
memberOf House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
name John Compton ⓘ
notableWork leadership in achieving Saint Lucia’s independence ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested Prime Minister of Saint Lucia ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canouan ⓘ
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
placeOfDeath Castries ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
politicalParty United Workers Party ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Minister of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Minister of Finance of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Premier of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia ⓘ
regionOfActivity Caribbean ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
representedDistrict Micoud South ⓘ
termEnd 1979-07-02 ⓘ
1996-04-02 ⓘ
2007-09-07 ⓘ
termStart 1964-03-01 ⓘ
1982-01-01 ⓘ
2006-12-15 ⓘ

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John Compton → name → John Compton ⓘ