Eugenia Charles
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1919-05-15
- Died
- 2005-09-06
- Works
- 1
Top works
- A Future For Small States
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,522x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 28,418x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,885x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,013x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,944x
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Key facts
- President
- Aurelius Marie , Clarence Seignoret , Crispin Sorhaindo
- Deputy
- Anthony Moise , Charles Maynard
- Preceded by
- Oliver Seraphin
- Succeeded by
- Edison James
- Born
- ( 1919-05-15 ) 15 May 1919, Pointe Michel , Dominica
- Died
- 6 September 2005 (2005-09-06) (aged 86), Fort-de-France , Martinique
- Resting place
- Pointe Michel , Dominica
- Party
- Freedom Party
- Alma mater
- University of Toronto , London School of Economics
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 15 May 1919
- Died
- 6 September 2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eugenia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Dominica
- Place of birth
- Pointe Michel
- Place of death
- Saint-Pierre
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Dominica
- Political party
Article
Dame Mary Eugenia Charles (15 May 1919 – 6 September 2005) was a Dominican politician who was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. The first woman lawyer in Dominica, she was Dominica's first, and to date only, woman prime minister. She was the second woman prime minister in the Caribbean after Lucina da Costa of the Netherlands Antilles. She was the first woman in the Americas to be elected in her own right as head of government. She served for the second longest period of any Dominican prime minister, and was the world's fifth longest-serving woman prime minister or head of government, behind Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, Angela Merkel of Germany and Indira Gandhi of India.
She was also described as the "Iron Lady of the Caribbean".
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