Sandra Mason
Sandra Mason | |
|---|---|
 Mason at the 2019 Independence Day parade in Bridgetown | |
| 1st President of Barbados | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Mia Mottley |
| Preceded by | Position established Elizabeth II (as Queen of Barbados) |
| 8th Governor-General of Barbados | |
| In office 8 January 2018 – 30 November 2021 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Freundel Stuart Mia Mottley |
| Preceded by | Philip Greaves (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sandra Prunella Mason 17 January 1949 Saint Philip, Barbados |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of the West Indies, Cave Hill (LLB) Hugh Wooding Law School (LEC) |
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Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, FB GCMG DA KC (born 17 January 1949) is a Barbadian politician. She is the 1st and current President of Barbados since 2021. In January 2018, she became the Governor-General of Barbados.[1][2][3][4]
In October 2021, she was elected the 1st President of Barbados and she took her oath of office on 30 November 2021 when the monarchy is abolished.[5]
Career[change | change source]
She was the first woman admitted to the Bar in Barbados. She was an Ambassador from Barbados, and was the first woman to serve on the Barbados Court of Appeals.[6]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "New G-G named". Barbados Advocate. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ "Sandra Mason to be new Governor General". www.nationnews.com. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "Congrats to the new GG". www.nationnews.com. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ "New Governor General Dame Sandra Mason installed". www.nationnews.com. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ "Governor General Dame Sandra named first president-elect". Loop Barbados. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ↑ Deane, Sandy (2017-12-27). "Justice Sandra Mason is Barbados' New GG". Barbados Today. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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