Carlos W. Simons QC (born 8 October 1954) is a

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and ...

lawyer and politician.

Career

SImons served on a four-member interim Advisory Council He from July 1986 to 3 March 1988 after two previous Chief Ministers were forced to resign and ministerial government in the territory was suspended. Ministerial government resumed after elections were held in early 1988. He was a member of the

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during the suspension of government in the 1980s and is now the deputy leader of the Progressive National Party. He is standing as an

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representative (i.e. for the All-Island District) in the 2012 general election.

Education

Simons attended

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for his LL.B., and went on to the

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. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1983, and the following year was admitted to practice as an attorney at law at the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

References

1954 births Living people Progressive National Party (Turks and Caicos Islands) politicians Turks and Caicos Islands lawyers Alumni of the University of London {{TurksCaicos-politician-stub