1. Kenny Davis Anthony was born on 8 January 1951 and is a Saint Lucian politician who was Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016.
13 Facts About Kenny Anthony
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Kenny Anthony left office after the SLP's defeat in the 2016 election and announced his resignation as party leader.
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Kenny Anthony was a member of the secretariat of the Caribbean Community from March 1995 until he was elected leader of the Labour Party.
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Kenny Anthony became Prime Minister on 24 May 1997, a day after the SLP won parliamentary elections.
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Kenny D Anthony is an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.
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Kenny Anthony himself won a handsome victory in his constituency, Vieux Fort South, winning by 627 votes, only a few less than in the SLP's landslide election victory.
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Kenny Anthony remained head of the party and assumed the role of Leader of the Opposition.
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In late July 2007, Kenny Anthony said that Compton's illness, caused by a series of strokes, and his inability to perform his duties - Stephenson King was named acting Prime Minister - meant that a new election should be held.
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Kenny Anthony was head of the Commonwealth of Nations observer mission in the August 2007 election in Sierra Leone.
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In March 2008, Kenny Anthony visited Cuba where he voiced his appreciation for its support of Saint Lucia.
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Kenny Anthony toured Havana and Cienfuegos Province, and met with senior officials including First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.
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Kenny Anthony was returned to Prime Ministership on 30 November 2011 following the Saint Lucia Labour Party electoral win at the 2011 elections, winning 11 out of the 17 seats in Parliament.
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Kenny Anthony was re-elected in his constituency of Vieux Fort South and said that he would remain in Parliament.