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Allen Chastanet

prime minister of Saint Lucia
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Allen Chastanet served as the prime minister of Saint Lucia, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. He became prime minister in June 2016 after his party, the United Workers’ Party (UWP), won 11 seats in the 17-seat House of Assembly. Chastanet's tenure was marked by controversy, including resurfaced charges of misfeasance and breach of trust from his earlier government service. Saint Lucia gained independence from the United Kingdom on February 22, 1979, and operates as a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth.12

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