Hudson Kemuel Tannis[2] was a politician from Saint Vincent, Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party.
Hudson Tannis | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| In office October 1980 – July 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Milton Cato |
| Succeeded by | Edward Griffith |
| Leader of Saint Vincent Labour Party | |
| In office January 1985 – August 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Milton Cato |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Beache |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hudson Kemuel Tannis 1928[1] |
| Died | 3 August 1986 |
Tannis was born in 1928.[1] He worked as barrister-at-law.[3]
Tannis was a member of Saint Vincent Labour Party.[4] He was first elected as a member of the House of Assembly in 1967.[4]
Tannis held many cabinet positions during Milton Cato administrations. He was minister of communications, works and labour from 1969 to 1970.[4] He was minister of education and health from 1970 to 1972.[4] He was minister of communications and works from 1975 to 1977.[4] He was minister of home affairs and tourism from 1977 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1980.[4] He was minister of external affairs and tourism from 1980 until 1984.[4] He was also accredited as the non-resident ambassador to United States since 1981. Tannis was Deputy Prime Minister from October 1980[5] to July 1984,[6] when Labour Party lost elections
Tannis was elected to succeed retiring Milton Cato as party leader in January 1985.[7] However, he died in a tragic plane accident on 3 August 1986 on LIAT Flight 319 when returning from Saint Lucia.[8][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Leonard, Thomas M. (18 October 2013). Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-20515-7.
- ^ "British Caribbean Who, What, why". L.S. Smith. 1969.
- ^ a b "Remembering LIAT Flight 319 - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. 29 July 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f g "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1951 to INDEPENDENCE 1979 to PRESENT" (PDF). House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sep-Dec 1980". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049424. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1984July-Dec". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/osu.32435024019879. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Lansford, Tom (9 June 2023). Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-0718-5305-4.
- ^ "Biographical Sketch of Sir Vincent Beache - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. 16 August 2019.
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