Saint Kitts and Nevis

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is a two-island country in the West Indies. Located in the Leeward Islands, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Elizabeth II as its head of state.The capital city is Basseterre on the larger island of Saint Kitts. The smaller island of Nevis lies about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Saint Kitts across a shallow channel called "The Narrows."The British dependency of Anguilla was historically also a part of this union, which was then known collectively as Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. To the north-northwest lie the islands of Sint Eustatius, Saba (the Netherlands), Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten and Anguilla. To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda, and to the southeast is the small uninhabited island of Redonda, and the island of Montserrat, which currently has an active volcano (see Soufrière Hills).
 
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Ultimo aggiornamento: 05/10/2015
Leader Nominativo Bio
Cuthbert Montraville SEBASTIAN Cuthbert Montraville SEBASTIAN
Governor Gen.

Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian GCMG OBE KStJ ED (born 22 October 1921) was the Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis from 1996 to 2013. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1 January 1996. While in office, he was the world's oldest de facto head of state. His retirement was announced on 25 December 2012 and became effective on 1 January 2013. Sebastian is the only surviving son of Joseph Matthew Sebastian, who was a Member of the Legislative and Executive Councils of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla until his death in 1944, and Inez Veronica Sebastian (née Hodge). He studied at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, where he obtained a BSc degree. He entered Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he studied medicine and graduated, in 1958, with a MDCM degree to become a surgeon. He has served in St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla as pupil teacher, learner/dispenser, chemist and druggist, laboratory technician, senior dispenser, medical superintendent and obstetrician–gynaecologist. He was Chief Medical Officer of St. Kitts and Nevis from 1980 to 1983. During the period 1962–1966, he pursued training at the Dundee Royal Infirmary, Scotland in obstetrics and gynaecology. Sebastian was a rear gunner during World War II in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Captain (Surgeon) in the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force, local physician to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (Prince Charles), when His Highness visited St. Kitts in 1973 (the Prince of Wales visited the island to open the newly restored Prince of Wales Bastion, 1 June). In addition, he was ADC to the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Premier, Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, when Bradshaw went to Buckingham Palace on the occasion of Her Majesty’s 25th year on the Throne. Sebastian received the Auxiliary Forces (Officer's) Efficiency Decoration (ED), and was made an Officer of Order of the British Empire (OBE) (civil division) from Queen Elizabeth II in 1969. He was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1996, and was made a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ). Dalhousie University honoured him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, in 1998, and in 2005 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Mount Allison University. On 5 July 2002, he received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of Edinburgh in Scotland, for his outstanding career and service to humanity in the field of medicine. Prior to Edinburgh, he received an FRCS in London. In 2005 the College of Arms granted him his personal Coat of Arms. On 3 March 2012 Sebastian welcomed the Earl and Countess of Wessex to St Kitts and Nevis during their visit to the Caribbean as part of Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. On 1 January 2013 Sebastian retired as Governor-general of St Kitts and Nevis. There was a retirement ceremony, during which he made a speech.

Cuthbert Montraville SEBASTIAN, Wikipedia
Timothy HARRIS Timothy HARRIS
Prime Min.

Timothy Sylvester Harris (born December 6, 1964 in Tabernacle, Saint Kitts) is the current Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, he previously served as the foreign minister from August 10, 2001 to January 25, 2008. Between 2008 -2010, Harris was Minister responsible for Finance and served as Senior Minister and Minister for Agriculture between 2010-2013. Harris grew up in the rural village of Tabernacle. He attended the Cayon High School and Basseterre High School before making his journey to six university campuses, two in the Caribbean and four in Canada.

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Shawn RICHARDS Shawn RICHARDS
Dep. Prime Min.

Shawn Kenneth Richards (born 8 December 1972) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician.

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Vance ARMORY
Senior Min.
Eugene HAMILTON
Min. of Agriculture, Health, Health Insurance, Social Services, Human Settlements, Community Development, Land & Cooperatives, & Gender Affairs

Eugene Green Hamilton (June 27, 1910 – June 1, 2005) was a pioneering American OB/GYN obstetrician, writer, and medical researcher. He did some of the key writing in the effort to develop a vaccine which fought against Rh disease, a condition which would cause pregnant women's immune system to attack the fetus she is carrying as not being identical to the mother. Hamilton did some of the earliest and best writing about the search for the vaccine, long before diagnostic techniques such as ultrasound had been developed.

Eugene HAMILTON, Wikipedia
Shawn RICHARDS Shawn RICHARDS
Min. of Education, Youth, & Sports

Shawn Kenneth Richards (born 8 December 1972) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician.

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Timothy HARRIS Timothy HARRIS
Min. of Finance, Sustainable Development, National Security, People Empowerment, & Constituency Empowerment

Timothy Sylvester Harris (born December 6, 1964 in Tabernacle, Saint Kitts) is the current Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, he previously served as the foreign minister from August 10, 2001 to January 25, 2008. Between 2008 -2010, Harris was Minister responsible for Finance and served as Senior Minister and Minister for Agriculture between 2010-2013. Harris grew up in the rural village of Tabernacle. He attended the Cayon High School and Basseterre High School before making his journey to six university campuses, two in the Caribbean and four in Canada.

Timothy HARRIS, Wikipedia
Mark Anthony Graham BRANTLEY
Min. of Foreign Affairs & Aviation
Vance ARMORY
Min. of Nevis Affairs, Labor, Social Security, & Ecclesiastical Affairs
Ian LIBURD
Min. of Public Infrastructure, Posts, Urban Development, & Transport
Lindsay GRANT Lindsay GRANT
Min. of Tourism, Intl. Trade, Industry, & Commerce

Lindsay Fitz-Patrick Grant (born 1 November 1964) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician and lawyer. He served as Leader of the People's Action Movement until his resignation in July 2012.

Lindsay GRANT, Wikipedia
Wendy PHIPPS
Min. of State With Responsibility for Health, Community Development, Gender Affairs, & Social Services
Vincent BYRON, Jr.
Attorney Gen.

Alcuni dati statistici della nazione (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

PopolazioneSaint Kitts and Nevis
55.000 abitanti
Abitanti per km^2 della nazione (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
0 Abitanti per km^2
Superficie nazionale (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Superficie di 261 Kmq

Capitale dello stato, Basseterre

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