Alix Boyd Knights is a
Dominican politician and attorney who was the
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
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of the
House of Assembly
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level.
Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gove ...
from 2000 to 2020.
Boyd Knights was first elected Speaker on 17 April 2000 and was re-elected on 27 July 2005, 4 February 2010 and 20 February 2015. Upon her election to a third term on 4 February 2010, she became the longest serving Speaker in Dominica's history.
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She has a Bachelor of Laws degree from
University of the West Indies.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Dominica Labour Party politicians
Speakers of the House of Assembly of Dominica
Dominica women in politics
Dominica lawyers
Dominica women lawyers
University of the West Indies alumni
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