James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
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The Right Honourable Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell KCMG PC MP |
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| Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
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In office 30 July 1984 – 27 October 2000 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Sir Sydney Gun-Munro Sir Joseph Lambert Eustace Sir David Emmanuel Jack Charles Antrobus |
| Preceded by | Milton Cato |
| Succeeded by | Arnhim Eustace |
| Premier of Saint Vincent | |
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In office April 1972 – 8 December 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Milton Cato |
| Succeeded by | Milton Cato |
| Leader of the New Democratic Party | |
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In office 1975 – 27 October 2000 |
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| Succeeded by | Arnhim Eustace |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 May 1931 Bequia, Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell KCMG PC MP (born 15 May 1931) Is the Former Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines He is the second Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the founder of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He also served as Premier of the then colony from 1972 to 1974.
The Rt. Hon. Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell was a Privy Councillor since 1985. He was educated in St. Vincent at the Saint Vincent Grammar School and at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago and the University of British Columbia, Canada. An agriculturist by profession, Sir James worked with Government and in the Ministry of Overseas Development in London, and as an agricultural research officer for the St. Vincent Government.
Mitchell, agronomist and politician, has been a dominant figure in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for almost three decades. He became Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs in July 1984 and was re-elected for a fourth successive term when his Party scored a marginal 8-7 victory in the Parliamentary Elections of 15 June 1998. He initially entered politics in 1966 by winning a legislative seat as a candidate of the St. Vincent Labour Party. In 1975 he founded the New Democratic Party (NDP) becoming sole Parliamentary Opposition until 1984. One of the longest serving prime ministers in Caribbean history, Mitchell was also foreign minister from 1984 until 1992. He retired in 2000 and stayed on as Senior Minister until 2001.
Sir James was co-chair of International Democrat Observer teams in the first democratic elections in Nicaragua in 1990 and Hungary in 1991. He led the Commonwealth Observer team at the election in Lesotho in 2002.
As a regional leader who helped to form the Caribbean Agricultural Regional Development Institute (CARDI) and as a professional agronomist, Sir James’s interest in agriculture has extended beyond the borders of his native land. In his opening address at the 1st Caribbean Agricultural Technology Conference (CATC) held in St Vincent and the Grenadines in 2000, his message was “agriculture must thrive” despite the challenges facing the regional sector.
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