1. Paula Ann Cox CBE was born on c 1964 and is a Bermudian politician and former premier of Bermuda.
14 Facts About Paula Cox
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Paula Cox was the leader of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party, from October 2010 to December 2012.
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Paula Cox was succeeded as Premier by Craig Cannonier on 18 December 2012, when she led her party into election defeat, losing her own seat in the process.
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Paula Cox, the only daughter born to Bermudians C Eugene and Alinda F Cox, spent her early years living in Sandys Parish.
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Paula Cox later earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from McGill University in Canada, and a post-graduate diploma in international law from the University of Manchester.
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Paula Cox trained as a solicitor at the College of Law, Chancery Lane, London, and was called to the Bermuda Bar in January 1992.
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Paula Cox received an honorary doctorate in education at the May 2004 commencement exercise of Wheelock College and more recently, in 2009, was made an honorary alumnus of Dalhousie University.
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On 1 November 2001, Paula Cox was given a new assignment and appointed the Minister of Education and Development and was later that year named in the Bermudians' Best of Bermuda Gold annual listing as the most effective politician for 2001.
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Paula Cox assumed the Finance portfolio exclusively in January 2004, succeeding her late father, the Hon.
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Paula Cox was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours for public service in Bermuda.
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Paula A Cox is a corporate lawyer, having served as a lawyer for ACE Limited as their Corporate Counsel and previously as Vice-President and Senior Legal Counsel of Global Funds Services at the Bank of Bermuda Limited.
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Paula Cox is married to businessman Germain Nkeuleu, with whom she has a son, Stephan.
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Paula Cox has two brothers, Jeremy Cox, chief executive officer of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, and Robert Cox, an electrical engineer presently working in the United States.
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Paula Cox is an avid reader of international biographies and collector of African antiquities.