1. Daniel Orlando Smith, OBE was born on 28 August 1944 and is a British Virgin Islands politician and the former Premier of the British Virgin Islands from 2011 to 2019 and from 2003 to 2007.
10 Facts About Orlando Smith
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Orlando Smith formerly served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 2003 to 2007.
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Orlando Smith first won the office when his National Democratic Party won the 2003 general election, being the party's first victory at a general election in its history.
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Orlando Smith entered politics at a relatively late stage of his career, being first elected to the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands in the 1999 general election, as the head of the newly formed National Democratic Party.
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In 2003, Smith led the NDP to victory, defeating the ruling Virgin Islands Party for the first time since 1983 in the 2003 general election.
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Orlando Smith barely retained his seat as the at-large candidate, receiving the fourth largest number of votes.
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Orlando Smith remained in the legislature as the head of the opposition.
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Orlando Smith followed that with a second successive victory in the 2015 general election becoming only the second politician in the Territory to win three general elections as party leader.
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Orlando Smith passed Willard Wheatley as the third longest serving head of Government in British Virgin Islands history on 14 February 2016.
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In June 2018 Orlando Smith indicated he would be stepping down and not contesting the next general election.