Louis Straker

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Sir Louis Hilton Straker, KCMG (born 23 February 1944) is a Vincentian politician from the Unity Labour Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from December 10, 2015, to November 7, 2020. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade from 2001 to May 17, 2005, then headed the Transport, Works and Housing Ministry, and returned as Foreign Minister in December 2005. He has been Vice President of the Unity Labour Party since 2001 and was elected to Parliament in 2001, representing Central Leeward. In the 2015 general election, the ULP won 52.28% of the vote with 34,246 votes.

Born in Layou, he was raised by his father Bertram Augustus Straker. He studied at Layou Government School and Emmanuel High School, and later attended Hunter College in New York. He is a Seventh-day Adventist. He was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on May 6, 2006.