Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1915–1997)
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The Right Honourable
Robert Milton Cato
1st Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
In office 27 October 1979 – 30 July 1984
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor General
Sir Sydney Gun-Munro
Preceded by
Himself (As Premier)
Succeeded by
Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
1st Premier of Saint Vincent
In office 8 December 1974 – 27 October 1979
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor
Rupert Godfrey John Sir Sydney Gun-Munro
Preceded by
Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
Succeeded by
Himself (As Prime Minister)
In office 27 October 1969 – April 1972
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor
Hywel George Rupert Godfrey John
Preceded by
Himself (As Chief Minister)
Succeeded by
Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
2nd Chief Minister of Saint Vincent
In office 30 May 1967[1] – 27 October 1969
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Administrator
Hywel George
Preceded by
Ebenezer Joshua
Succeeded by
Himself (As Premier)
Minister of Finance
In office 30 May 1967 – 14 April 1972
Prime Minister
himself
Preceded by
Ebenezer Joshua
Succeeded by
Ebenezer Joshua
In office 8 December 1974 – 30 July 1984
Prime Minister
himself
Preceded by
Ebenezer Joshua
Succeeded by
James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
Personal details
Born
(1915-06-03)3 June 1915 Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands
Died
10 February 1997(1997-02-10) (aged 81) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Political party
Saint Vincent Labour Party
Robert Milton Cato, PC, (3 June 1915 – 10 February 1997) was a socialist Vincentian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and also held the offices Premier of Saint Vincent and Chief Minister of Saint Vincent before independence. Cato was the leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party, and led the country through independence in 1979.[2]
^"Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 100 No. 34". 30 May 1967. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^"Milton Cato". Independent.co.uk. 28 March 1997. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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House of Assembly in 1967. Tannis held many cabinet positions during MiltonCato administrations. He was minister of communications, works and labour...
length Five years Inaugural holder Ebenezer Joshua (as Chief Minister) MiltonCato (as Premier) Formation 27 October 1979 Deputy Deputy Prime Minister Salary...
administrative headquarters in Roswell, Georgia, and it partners with MiltonCato Memorial Hospital located in Kingstown and Northwest Hospital in Baltimore...
projects such as Disaster Management Education, refurbishment of the MiltonCato Memorial Hospital in Saint Vincent, school meal programmes, some literacy...
Elizabeth II as Monarch, represented locally by a Governor-General. MiltonCato of the centre-left Saint Vincent Labour Party (SVLP) was the country's...
Grenadines became independent on 27 October 1979 with MiltonCato as the first prime minister. Cato had previously been Premier of Saint Vincent. Reference...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (twice), MiltonCato and Arnhim Eustace Suriname: Ronald Venetiaan (twice), Jules Wijdenbosch...
1979 John Compton - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines October 27, 1979 MiltonCato - Belize British Honduras September 21, 1981 George Cadle Price - Antigua...
lost their parliamentary majority and Joshua was succeeded by Robert MiltonCato, leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party. He was appointed leader of...
Premiers MiltonCato, Chief minister (1967–1969), Premier (1969–1972) MiltonCato, Premier (1974–1984) Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Governors Milton Allan...
1984. Founded in 1955, the Saint Vincent Labour Party (SVLP), under MiltonCato, gained the support of the middle class. With a conservative law-and-order...
Kevin Lyttle Mattafix Sir Charles Antrobus Sir Frederick Ballantyne MiltonCato Joseph Chatoyer Arnhim Eustace Ralph Gonsalves Sir David Jack Ebenezer...
October, the Duke handed the constitutional instruments to Prime Minister MiltonCato formally declaring the country independent. The Duke also opened the...
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candidates contested the 13 seats from four parties. The SVLP led by MiltonCato, Prime Minister since 1974; the People's Political Party (PPP), the SVLP's...
with the Movement for National Unity to form the Unity Labour Party. MiltonCato, 1955 - 1985 Hudson K. Tannis, January 1985 - August 1986 Vincent Beache...
May 1967 MiltonCato 30 May 1967 14 April 1972 Ebenezer Joshua 4 May 1972 9 May 1974 MiltonCato 8 December 1974 27 October 1979 MiltonCato 27 October...
The SVLP won a decisive victory with ten seats, giving party leader MiltonCato his second term as Premier. Mitchell was the only successful candidate...
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