Frederick Ballantyne
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His Excellency Sir Frederick Ballantyne GCMG |
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| Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
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Assumed office 2 September 2002 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Ralph Gonsalves |
| Preceded by | Dame Monica Dacon (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 July 1936 Layou, Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands |
| Spouse(s) | Sally-Ann Ballantyne |
| Alma mater |
Howard University SUNY Upstate |
Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne, GCMG (born 5 July 1936) is the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A trained cardiologist and former chief medical officer of the country, he was appointed governor-general on 2 September 2002. He succeeded Dame Monica Dacon, who had been acting in the position after the death of Charles Antrobus.
Ballantyne was born on 5 July 1936, as his parents' only child. His father owned a small hotel, and he has described himself as "from a business family". Ballantyne was the first member of his family to attend high school. On the advice of an acquaintance who had studied medicine in the United States, he chose to attend university in that country (rather than in Britain or Canada, as was usual for Vincentians at the time). He completed an initial degree in chemistry at Howard University (in Washington, D.C.), and then went on to the SUNY Upstate Medical University (in Syracuse, New York) to study medicine.The "sole black individual" enrolled in the medical school, Ballantyne was elected to student government in every year of his degree, and in his final year was elected student body president. He interned in at the Montreal General Hospital after graduation, and then completed his residency in internal medicine in Rochester, New York, followed by a fellowship in cardiology.
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