Neville Cenac
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Philip J. Pierre
Sir Neville Cenac | |
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| 6th Governor-General of Saint Lucia | |
| In office 12 January 2018 – 31 October 2021 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Allen Chastanet Philip J. Pierre |
| Preceded by | Pearlette Louisy |
| Succeeded by | Errol Charles |
| President of the Senate of Saint Lucia | |
| In office October 1993 – June 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Compton Vaughan Lewis |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Henry Giraudy |
| Succeeded by | Hilford Deterville |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1987–1992 | |
| Preceded by | John Compton |
| Succeeded by | George Mallet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1939 |
| Party | Saint Lucia Labour Party 1968-1987, United Workers Party 1987- |
| Relatives | Winston Cenac (brother) |
Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac GCSL GCMG[2] (born 24 November 1939)[3] is a Saint Lucian politician who served as the governor-general of Saint Lucia from 2018 to 2021.[4][5][6][7] Previously, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1992.
Cenac was the brother of Prime Minister Winston Cenac, who was the head of government for eight months from 1981 to 1982.[8] Cenac joined the Saint Lucia Labour Party in 1968.[1] He was the mayor of Castries from 1981 to 1982,[1] when he resigned in to became the leader of Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition in 1982.[1]
Opposition parliamentarian
Cenac was the Leader of the Opposition in December 1982, during a constitutional dispute over the status of Governor-General Boswell Williams. John Compton, the serving prime minister and a member of the governing United Workers Party, had taken steps to have Williams unseated. In response, Cenac wrote a letter to Elizabeth II, Queen of Saint Lucia, asking her to disregard Compton's actions.[9] The dispute ended when Williams resigned on 13 December 1982.
Cenac was returned as a Labour Party member of the Saint Lucian parliament during the country's two successive elections in April 1987.[10]
The website of the Saint Lucia Labour Party indicates that Cenac was elected for the Laborie constituency in two elections as well as representing the party at the municipal level in Castries.[11]