Donaldson Romeo
| The Honourable Donaldson Romeo |
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Romeo at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London, 3 December 2014.
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| Premier of Montserrat | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Adrian Davis Elizabeth Carriere |
| Preceded by | Reuben Meade |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 2011–2014 |
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| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) Salem, Montserrat |
| Political party | People's Democratic Movement |
| Other political affiliations |
Montserrat Democratic Party |
Donaldson Romeo (born 1962) is the Premier of Montserrat.[1]
Biography
Romeo was born in Salem, Montserrat in 1962. He attended Salem Primary School and Montserrat Secondary School, before becoming a pupil at the George School, a boarding school in the United States. Although he started studying medicine at Temple University, he returned to Montserrat after a year to help his father with his hardware business.[2] In 1984 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he became an artist. He was served with a deportation order, but after gaining support from MPs Ken Livingstone and John Carlisle and the National Portrait Gallery, his order was overturned on a technicality.[2]
After the court case, Romeo returned to Montserrat and continued working as an artist before rejoining his family's hardware firm. Following the eruption of Soufrière Hills in the mid-1990s, he became a journalist.[2]
Political career
Romeo was a candidate for the Montserrat Democratic Party in the 2006 general elections. He ran in the 2009 elections as an independent,[3] and was elected. In 2011 he became Leader of the Opposition.[4] On 30 April 2014 Romeo established the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) in order to contest the upcoming elections.[5] The elections saw the PDM win seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council, becoming the ruling party.[6]
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- ↑ MONTSERRAT VOTES: Premier-elect Romeo thanks voters Government of Montserrat
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Donaldson Romeo Montserrat Democratic Party
- ↑ Montserrat Election Results Election Passport
- ↑ Donaldson Romeo People's Democratic Movement
- ↑ New Political Party ‘PDM’ Launched Montserrat Reporter, 2 May 2014
- ↑ People’s Democratic Movement(PDM) to form next Montserrat government Government of Montserrat
