Hugh C. Heyliger is a Kittitian politician and former deputy prime minister of

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. Heyliger was born on 27 July 1945 in

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. Educated in economics in the

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and

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. He was the director of the planning unit of the Government of St Kitts and Nevis from 1980 to 1984. During the PAM-led government of

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, Heyliger was minister of agriculture, lands, housing and development since 1989. He was also appointed

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and minister of education in November 1994 to succeed Sydney Morris. His term ended in the PAM defeat in the 1995 elections. Heyliger was appointed as the

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in 1995, however, he lost his seat in the 2000 elections.

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