Celac 2014 ralph gonsalves biography

Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 29 March 2001. Date of Birth: 08.08.1946 Country: Grenada

Biography of Ralph Gonsalves

Ralph Gonsalves has been the Prime Minister of St.

Vincent and the Grenadines since March 29, 2001. He was born into a family of successful farmers and a saleswoman, and is a descendant of immigrants from the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Gonsalves received his primary education at a Catholic school in Colonarie and continued his studies at a boys' secondary school in Kingstown.

In 1971, he graduated from the University of the West Indies (Mona campus in Jamaica) with degrees in economics and public administration. He was awarded the "Student of the Year" prize at his university in 1969.

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In 1974, he obtained a PhD from the University of Manchester. His dissertation focused on the political economy of trade unions and industrial relations in Uganda from 1950 to 1971. During his research, he spent a year at