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Eugenia Charles

1919–2005 · 20th century

Eugenia Charles was a Dominican lawyer and leader of the Dominica Freedom Party who served as prime minister from 1980 to 1995, the first woman to head a government in the Caribbean. She survived coup plots in 1981 and, as chair of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, supported the United States-led invasion of Grenada in 1983.

Eugenia Charles — Image: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Commonwealth of Dominica

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Eugenia Charles. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/eugenia-charles
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