Vaughan Lewis served for a brief period as the fifth Prime Minister of Saint Lucia following the resignation of John Compton.
11 Facts About Vaughan Lewis
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Vaughan Lewis served as Minister of Finance, Planning and Development, and Minister of External Affairs.
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Vaughan Lewis then told UWP supporters first that he was the endorsed candidate.
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Vaughan Lewis then told them that he was taking time to make up his mind.
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However, Vaughan Lewis had been in talks with high-ranking members of the Saint Lucia Labour Party about his defection since he was defeated by Compton in the leadership contest.
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Vaughan Lewis failed in his bid to win the Castries Central parliamentary seat from the UWP candidate Richard Frederick in the 2006 general elections held on 11 December.
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Vaughan Lewis has returned to St Lucia occasionally to appear on the platform of the St Lucia Labour Party.
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Vaughan Lewis was chosen as part of a task force to explore the possibility of a union between Trinidad and Tobago and The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
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Vaughan Lewis is part of the prominent Lewis clan, son of St Lucia's first Governor General, Sir Allen Lewis, and nephew of Sir Arthur Lewis, Nobel laureate in economics.
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Vaughan Lewis earned a PhD in political science from the University of Manchester in 1970.
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In February 2016, to mark St Lucia Independence Day, Vaughan Lewis became one of the first knights of the Order of Saint Lucia, granting him the title of "Sir".