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Denzil Douglas

b. 1953 · 20th century

Denzil Douglas is a Kittitian physician and politician who led the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and was prime minister from 1995 to 2015, the longest tenure in the country's history. His government faced the 1998 referendum in which Nevis narrowly failed to secede, and closed the state sugar industry in 2005. He later served as foreign minister.

Denzil Douglas
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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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