Arnhim Eustace
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The Honourable Arnhim Ulric Eustace MP |
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| Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
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In office 27 October 2000 – 28 March 2001 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Sir Charles Antrobus |
| Preceded by | James Fitz-Allen Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Gonsalves |
| Former leader of the New Democratic Party | |
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Assumed office 27 October 2000 |
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| Preceded by | James Fitz-Allen Mitchell |
| Member of Parliament for East Kingstown |
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Assumed office 15 June 1998 |
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| Born | October 5, 1944 |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Eustace m. 1975 - present |
Arnhim Ulric Eustace (born 5 October 1944) was an Vincentian politician and economist, He served as the third Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is the former Leader of the Opposition and former president of the New Democratic Party (NDP) after resigning in 2016.
Eustace is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of East Kingstown in the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
On 27 October 2000, Eustace, then a political neophyte, succeeded James Fitz-Allen Mitchell as the leader of the NDP, and on 28 March 2001, the NDP was defeated in the 2001 general election in which the party was reduced from 8 to 3 seats, producing a majority government for the Unity Labour Party.
In the 7 December 2005 general elections, Eustace's NDP also won 3 seats. In the 13 December 2010 general election, Eustace's NDP saw an increase in the popular vote to 48.67%, winning 7 seats in a close election. The number required to form a majority in the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 8, and the incumbent ULP formed government with a one-seat majority.
Arnhim Eustace is an alumnus of the St Vincent Boys' Grammar School. He attended Sir George William University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he earned a BSc in Economics and a MSc in Development Economics from University of Windsor (now Concordia) in Ontario, Canada.
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