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15 September - Barbados Governor General Sandra Mason, delivering a speech on behalf of Prime Minister Mia Mottley, announced Barbados' intention of removing Queen Elizabeth II as the country's head of state and to become a republic in November 2021.
In September 2020, the Barbados Labour Party government of Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced in its Throne Speech that Barbados would become a republic by November 2021. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Barbados Labour Party held a two-thirds majority in both houses of the Barbadian Parliament (including all but one lower house seat), enough to approve a ...
Elections in Barbados are held to choose members to fill elective offices in the House of Assembly. Elections are held on Election Day . These general elections do not have fixed dates, but must be called within five years of the opening of parliament following the last election. [ 1 ]
Fireworks lit up the sky in the early hours of November 30 in Saint Lucy as Barbados became a republic.The Government of Barbados announced in September 2020 that it intended to no longer be a ...
The Caribbean island’s Parliament voted last month for its first ever president and will mark the transition with a large ceremony.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke, who had represented the constituency for the prior twenty-six years, to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada.
The 2021 Barbadian presidential election was held on 20 October 2021 to choose the first president of Barbados, an office established as part of Barbados becoming a republic. Sandra Mason , the incumbent governor-general of Barbados , was elected president, and she replaced Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of Barbados when she was sworn in ...
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