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Dec 2023
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A lecture by Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Min...

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Contributor(s): Mia Amor Mottley, Esther Phillips, Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah | Ms Mottley was elected to the Parliament of Barbados in September 1994 as part of the new Barbados Labour Party Government. Prior to that, she served as one of two Opposition Senators between 1991 and 1994. One of the youngest persons ever to be assigned a ministerial portfoli ... Show More
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