Clarence Seignoret

Sir Clarence Henry Augustus Seignoret GCB OBE (25 February 1919 – 5 May 2002)[1] was the third President of Dominica.[2]

Sir Clarence Seignoret
GCB OBE
3rd President of Dominica
In office
19 December 1983 – 25 October 1993
Prime MinisterEugenia Charles
Preceded byAurelius Marie
Succeeded byCrispin Sorhaindo
Personal details
Born25 February 1919
Roseau, British Dominica
Died5 May 2002(2002-05-05) (aged 83)
Roseau, Dominica
Alma materOxford University

Biography

Born in Roseau,[3] Seignoret was educated at the Dominica Grammar School and at college in Saint Lucia before he started working as a civil servant in Dominica from 1936. From 1958 to 1960 he undertook an international public service course in Oxford University. On returning to Dominica he resumed his governmental career, acting on various occasions as first Secretary to the Cabinet and substitute to the President.

The House of Assembly of Dominica elected him as President of Dominica in 1983, and he was sworn in during October of that year. Re-elected to the presidency in 1988, he resigned in 1993.

In the 1966 New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[4] and in 1985 he was knighted with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. He was also Knight of Malta since 1992.

References
  1. "Dominica's culture, history & heritage: Seignoret, Sir Clarence Henry Augustus - a brief definition from Dr. Lennox Honychurch". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  2. "Biography - Office of the President".
  3. Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 227. ISBN 9781134264902. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. "No. 43854". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1965.



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