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Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (2022?present)
Terrance Michael Drew
(born 22 November 1976
[
citation needed
]
) is a Kittitian medical doctor and politician who is the fourth and current
prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
, having been elected to the
National Assembly
in the
5 August 2022 general election
.
Dr. Drew is the son of Ras Gerzel Pet Mills and Michael ‘Mic Stokes’ Heyliger.He graduated from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in 1996. At the age of 19, he was a part time teacher at the Basseterre High School. In 1998, he went to Cuba to study medicine, and graduated from the
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Villa Clara
in Santa Clara. Drew then returned to Saint Kitts to work as a general practitioner.
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He later went to Texas to study internal medicine, and graduated from
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
in 2013.
[2]
He was elected as the leader of
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
on November 28, 2021, where he garnered a mere 45% of the votes cast at the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party local conference.
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[4]
The
Drew ministry
was sworn in on 15 August 2022,
[5]
and Drew took over the portfolio of
Minister of Finance
for himself.
In 2023, following the coronation of
King Charles III
, Drew stated that his government would take public consultation regarding the republic movement.
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Served as
Chief Minister
of St Kitts and Nevis.
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Served as
Premier
of St Kitts and Nevis.
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