14 Facts About Louise Lake-Tack

Dame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack was born on 26 July 1944 and is a former Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.

Louise Lake-Tack was the first woman to hold the office.

Louise Lake-Tack was born in St Philip Parish, Antigua in 1944.

Louise Lake-Tack was educated at Freetown Government School before attending the Antigua Girls High School in St John's.

Louise Lake-Tack sat at Pocock Street Crown Court and Middlesex Crown Court to hear appeal cases from the lower courts.

Louise Lake-Tack served as a member of the Antigua and Barbuda National Association for the 24 years preceding her appointment as Governor-General.

Louise Lake-Tack took office as Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda on 17 July 2007.

Louise Lake-Tack was the first woman to hold the office.

Shortly before Dame Louise Lake-Tack retired from office, she under the powers of her office conferred certain national honours of Antigua and Barbuda on 19 people, including a knighthood on her own son and a medal for her gardener.

Dame Louise Lake-Tack publicly explained the reasons for the honours; maintaining that the individuals whom she awarded had been invaluable to the office of Governor-General and consequently awarded.

Former Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack has not yet received the money that is owed to her despite the fact that it has been years since she was removed from office.

Dame Louise Lake-Tack held the position of governor general for somewhere around seven years.

In December 2014, Dame Louise Lake-Tack took the government to court to seek compensation for the many times she had been unsuccessful in determining when and how she would be paid.

On 16 October Louise Lake-Tack was invested as Dame of the Venerable Order of St John, and on 13 November 2007 appointed as Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.