John St. Luce

Sir John St. Luce
In office
1976–2004
Finance Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
In office
1978–1982
Prime MinisterVere Bird
Preceded byReuben Harris
Succeeded byVere Bird
Finance Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
In office
1982–1991
Prime MinisterVere Bird
Preceded byVere Bird
Succeeded byLester Bird
Finance Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
In office
1994–1994
Prime MinisterLester Bird
Preceded byMolwyn Joseph
Succeeded byMolwyn Joseph
Finance Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
In office
1996–2001
Prime MinisterLester Bird
Preceded byMolwyn Joseph
Succeeded byLester Bird
Personal details
BornJohn Eugene St. Luce
1940 (age 85–86)
PartyAntigua Labour Party
Professionpolitician

Sir John Eugene St. Luce, KGCN,[1] (born 1940), is an Antiguan politician from the Antigua Labour Party (ALP).

St. Luce was born in 1940.[2] He attended the University of London and majored in economics and social sciences.[3] He worked in Barclays Bank both on Antigua and in London.[2]

In 1971, he was appointed to the Senate.[4] until 1976. In 1976, he was elected to the House of Representatives. He was subsequently re-elected until his retirement from active politics in 2004. He held several portfolios in the Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda: Minister of Agriculture, Home Affairs, Health, Public Works, Public Utilities and Communications and Finance, and Minister of Information (1991-1994).[2] He lost to Lester Bird when there was a vote for successor of Vere Bird as the chairman of the ALP.

He was knighted and received Order of Merit in 2017.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ten receive national awards; St Luce knighted". Antigua News Room. 1 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 International Yearbook and Statesmen's Who's Who. Bowker-Saur; Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group. 1997. ISBN 1857392205.
  3. ↑ "Sir John E. St. Luce". petrathespectator.com. 13 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Caribbean Elections Biography | John St.Luce". caribbeanelections.com.
  5. ↑ "One new Knight; nine others awarded". Antigua Observer Newspaper. 1 November 2017.


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