Louise Lake-Tack
| Her Excellency Louise Lake-Tack GCMG DStJ |
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| Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Baldwin Spencer |
| Preceded by | James Carlisle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1944 St Phillip's, Antigua and Barbuda |
Dame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack, GCMG, DStJ (born 26 July 1944) is the current Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.
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Background and earlier career [change]
Louise Lake-Tack was born in St. Philip's Parish, Antigua in 1944. She went to Freetown Government School before attending the Antigua Girls High School in St. John's.[1] After graduating she went to the United Kingdom. She studied nursing at Charing Cross Hospital. She worked first at the National Heart Hospital and later at the Harley Street Clinic.[1]
Lake-Tack later studied and graduated in law. She was a magistrate at both Marylebone and Horseferry Magistrate Courts. She also sat at Pocock Street Crown Court and Middlesex Crown Court to hear appeal cases from the lower courts. She was a member of the Antigua and Barbuda National Association (London) for the 24 years before her appointment as Governor-General.[1]
Governor-General [change]
She took office as Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda on 17 July 2007. [2] She is the first woman to hold the office.
Honours [change]
- Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG, 13 November 2007)[3]
- Dame of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (DStJ, 16 October 2007)[4]
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Antigua Gets First Female Governor General Hard Beat News.com 16 July 2007
- ↑ Antigua's first female G-G sworn in Jamaica Gleaner July 19, 2007
- ↑ London Gazette Tuesday, 13 November 2007
- ↑ Court Circular detailing investiture as a Dame of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
