Michael Anthony Astaphan is a politician from

Dominica Freedom Party The Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) is a conservative political party in Dominica. It shares much of the same socially and economically conservative principles as the Conservative Party in the UK. The party has been led by Bernard Hurtault since 20 ...

. He was the political leader of the party from 5 August 2007 to 2008, and again from 2012 to 2017. He holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English language, English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universiti ...

, a master's degree in Management Engineering from the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...

in Bridgeport and a certificate in Planning, Public Administration and Project Management from the Hartford Institute of Public Administration. He led the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce for a number of years."Michael Astaphan to lead the Dominica Freedom Party"
, Dominicanewsdesk.com, Aug 09,2007.

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Living people University of New Brunswick alumni University of Connecticut alumni Dominica Freedom Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Dominica-politician-stub