Mia Mottley
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Mia Mottley is the prime minister of Barbados, the Caribbean island nation, serving in that role since 2018. She matters as a prominent political leader in the Caribbean region and has become known for her advocacy on climate change and other issues affecting small island nations.
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- 1965-10-01
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- Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems
· 2001 · cited 4,832x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,427x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,215x
- Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals
· 2017 · cited 2,930x
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Mia Amor Mottley (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and lawyer who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold both positions. Having overseen the abolition of the Barbadian monarchy, she is the first prime minister of the Barbadian republic.
Mottley has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint Michael North East since 1994. From 1994 to 2008, she held a succession of ministerial portfolios, including the post of Attorney-General of Barbados, becoming the first woman to be so appointed.
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