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Monday, October 25, 2004 –
Saint Lucia has a new Attorney General and Minister of Justice. He is Senator
Victor Philip La Corbiničre, the former Legal Counsel of the OECS Secretariat.
Senator La Corbiničre replaces Senator Petrus Compton, who is now the new
Minister of External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation.
“These changes,” Prime Minister Anthony explained, “became necessary after
former Senator Julian Hunte resigned from the Senate. The resignation of Mr.
Hunte effectively triggered a vacancy in the ministerial position, which he
formerly held. Mr. La Corbiničre has also replaced Mr. Hunte in the Senate.”
Mr. Hunte has been re-appointed to head Saint Lucia’s Embassy to the United
Nations in New York. He resumes the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia to the United
Nations.
In a statement today, Ambassador Hunte explained that, “prior to the 2001
General Elections, the Prime Minister and I reached an understanding that my
ministerial term of office would be of limited duration. Thereafter, I would
resume the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent
Representative of Saint Lucia to the United Nations. The decision to again
entrust the Mission to me was to allow me to continue the critical work I had
begun, to raise the profile and influence of Saint Lucia at the United Nations,
and which helped lay the groundwork for the successful election of our country
to the Presidency of the Fifty-eighth Session of the United Nations General
Assembly.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony has welcomed Senator La Corbiničre to the
Cabinet of Ministers. According to the Prime Minister, “Senator La Corbiničre
brings a special blend of experience and skills to the Cabinet. He has been a
practitioner of several years standing before proceeding to the OECS where he is
credited with the establishment of a fully fledged Legal Unit. He has been at
the centre of efforts to reform the legal and judicial system of the sub-region
and has played a leading role in the reform of our inherited regime of Family
Law.”
Senator Victor La Corbiničre is the son of the late Dr. Karl George Donald La
Corbiničre, former Minister of Trade and Industry in Saint Lucia in the late
1950s and former Deputy Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation and Mrs.
Camilla La Corbiničre. Mr. La Corbiničre taught at St. Mary’s College before
pursuing studies at the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus). He is
a graduate of that University, holding a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours
(BA Hons) and a Bachelor of Laws Degree with Honours (LLB Hons). In 1986, he
graduated from the Sir Hugh Wooding Law School and in the same year was called
to the bar in Saint Lucia. In 1989 he attended the Institute of Advanced Legal
Studies, the University of London, where he completed a high level Government
Legal Advisor’s Course.
The appointments take effect from tomorrow, Tuesday, October 26th, 2004.
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