Adriel Dermont Brathwaite, SC (born 1962) is a Barbadian politician and lawyer, who formally held the positions of

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, Minister of Home Affairs, and Member of

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for Saint Philip South.

Career

Brathwaite is an attorney-at-law of over thirty years of practice. He worked in the

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for ten years before returning to Barbados. He was elected to

as MP for Saint Philip South in the 2008 election. He was named Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs in July 2010, to replace

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who had been elevated to acting

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and served until 2018. He is presently the principal of Horizon Chambers which he founded in 2005 and is managing director of Horizon Corporate Management Inc., a licensed corporate service provider registered in Barbados. Brathwaite has been involved in the financial management for international business clients for the last thirty years. Brathwaite grew up in Marchfield, Saint Philip Parish. He did his primary education at St Martins Primary (now Reynold Weekes Primary) and his secondary education at Harrison College. He went on to the

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for his LL.B, and then earned his

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from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brathwaite, Adriel 1962 births Living people Attorneys-general of Barbados Barbadian Queen's Counsel Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) politicians Members of the House of Assembly of Barbados People educated at Harrison College (Barbados) People from Saint Philip, Barbados University of the West Indies alumni Interior ministers of Barbados