Akilah Byron-Nisbett
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Akilah Byron-Nisbett | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health, ICT, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship and Talent Development | |
| In office June 2020 – August 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Timothy Harris |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly | |
| In office November 2016 – June 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office June 2020 – August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Konris Maynard |
| Succeeded by | Konris Maynard |
| Constituency | Saint Christopher #3 |
| Senator | |
| In office October 2016 – June 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Akilah Byron |
| Party | People's Labour Party (until 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Team Unity (until 2022) |
| Alma mater | University of South Florida Quinnipiac University |
Akilah Byron-Nisbett is a former politician from Saint Kitts and Nevis who served as a cabinet minister from 2020 until 2022, and was also a member of the National Assembly as a Senator from 2016 to 2020 and Member of Parliament for the Saint Christopher #3 constituency from 2020 to 2022. She was affiliated with the People’s Labour Party (PLP) until 2023.
Byron-Nisbett studied and received a BSc degree in Information Systems Management at the University of South Florida and an MSc degree in Computer Information System from Quinnipiac University, Connecticut. Before entering politics, she had experience in finance, having worked in the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Ltd,[1] as well as serving as ICT Director of the Saint Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority.[2]