Lawrence Albert Joseph
Sir Lawrence Joseph | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate of Grenada | |
| In office 27 March 2013 – 24 December 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Keith Mitchell |
| Preceded by | Joan Purcell |
| Succeeded by | Chester Humphrey |
| In office 1984–1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Herbert Blaize |
| Succeeded by | John Watts |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives of Grenada | |
| In office 9 January 2004 – 3 June 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Keith Mitchell |
| Preceded by | George McGuire |
| Succeeded by | George McGuire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lawrence Albert Joseph 1944 (age 81–82) |
| Party | New National Party[1] |
| University of London University of the West Indies | |
Sir Lawrence Joseph is an attorney and a politician from Grenada.
He was born in Saint Andrew's in 1944.[2] He has a degree from University of London, master of laws from University of London, barrister at law from Lincoln’s Inn, bachelor of sciences in economics from University of the West Indies.[3] He first worked as an economist until start practising law in 1977.[3]
He was also former party chairman on New National Party in 1984.[4][1][3] He served as President of the Senate from 1984 to 1988.[2]
Joseph also served as the leader of government business, and before 2003 as minister of education and minister of labour.[1] He was also appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2003,[5] and served from January 2004 to June 2008.
Joseph served again as President of the Senate from March 2013 to December 2014. He was appointed acting Attorney General of Grenada in 2017.[3][6]
References
- ^ a b c "GRENADA OPPOSITION: LET'S TALK ABOUT SPEAKER AGAIN!". 30 December 2003.
- ^ a b "Grenada Silver Jubilee Celebration, February 7th, 1974 - February 7th, 1999: Handbook". National Celebrations Committee. 1999.
- ^ a b c d "Sir Lawrence Joseph, Ph.D. Profile | Saint George's Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com.
- ^ "The NNP rift widens". The New Today. 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Grenada Elections in 2003". archive.ipu.org.
- ^ "Sir Lawrence Joseph appointed Acting Attorney General | NOW Grenada". www.nowgrenada.com. 13 October 2017.