Edison Chenfil James (born October 18, 1943, in
Marigot) is a Dominican politician who was the
prime minister of Dominica
The prime minister of Dominica is the head of government in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Nominally, the position was created on November 3, 1978 when Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom. Hitherto, the position existed de fact ...
from June 14, 1995, to February 3, 2000, as well as the
member of parliament
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for the Marigot constituency from 1990. He graduated from the
Dominica Grammar School. He has a
BSc degree in botany from the
University of East London
, mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows
, established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...
, a
MSc
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* Microelectronics Support Centre of UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
* MIDI Show Control
* MSC Malaysia (formerly known as Multimedia Super Corridor)
* USB mass storage device class (USB MSC ...
degree in biochemistry from the
University of Reading
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and a
post graduate diploma
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in crop protection technology from
Imperial College
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. He worked in a number of local and regional institutions including the