Terrance Drew

Terrance Michael Drew (born 22 November 1976) is a Kittitian medical doctor and politician who is the fourth and current prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, having been elected to the National Assembly in the 5 August 2022 general election.

Terrance Drew
Drew in 2022
4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Assumed office
6 August 2022
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Governors-GeneralTapley Seaton
Marcella Liburd
DeputyGeoffrey Hanley
Preceded byTimothy Harris
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
August 2022
Preceded byTimothy Harris
Personal details
Born
Terrance Michael Drew

(1976-11-22) 22 November 1976
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (now Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Political partySaint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party

Dr. Drew is the son of Ras Gerzel Pet Mills and Michael ‘Mic Stokes’ Heyliger.He graduated from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in 1996. At the age of 19, he was a part time teacher at the Basseterre High School. In 1998, he went to Cuba to study medicine, and graduated from the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara in Santa Clara. Drew then returned to Saint Kitts to work as a general practitioner.[1] He later went to Texas to study internal medicine, and graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2013.[2]

He was elected as the leader of Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party on November 28th 2021 where he garnered a mere 45% of the votes cast at the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party local conference. [3][4]

The Drew ministry was sworn in on 15 August 2022,[5] and Drew took over the portfolio of Minister of Finance for himself.

Stance on Monarchy

In 2023, following the coronation of King Charles III, Prime Minister Drew stated that St. Kitts could not be completely free as long as an English monarch ruled as the head of state.

Drew stated that his government would take public consultation regarding the republic movement.

Drew also demanded an apology from the British Monarchy in regard to their role in the slave trade.[6]

References

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