Roosevelt Douglas

prime minister of Dominica

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Roosevelt Douglas served as the prime minister of Dominica for a brief period in 2000. He was the leader of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) and formed a coalition government with the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) after the DLP won a majority in the January 2000 elections. Douglas passed away from a heart attack after only eight months in office and was succeeded by Pierre Charles. Dominica is an island country in the Caribbean that gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1978.12

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The new prime minister was Roosevelt (“Rosie”) Douglas, who died of a heart attack after eight months in office and was succeeded by Pierre Charles, the DLP’s deputy leader and a former cabinet minister. The DLP retained its majority in a December 2000 by-election in which Douglas’s former parliamentary seat…
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The new prime minister was Roosevelt (“Rosie”) Douglas, who died of a heart attack after eight months in office and was succeeded by Pierre Charles, the DLP’s deputy leader and a former cabinet minister. The DLP retained its majority in a December 2000 by-election in which Douglas’s former parliamentary seat…
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