Michael Powell is a Kittitian politician and former

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. Powell was born on 10 April 1939. He had a private business from 1966 to 1980. In 1965 Powell was one of the founding members of

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(PAM). He became secretary-general of the opposition-controlled Working People's Union. In 1976, Powell was elected vice-president of the

in 1976 when

Kennedy Simmonds Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds, KCMG (born 12 April 1936), is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician who served as the first prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1983 to 1995. Life and career Simmonds was born in Basseterre on 12 Ap ...

was elected party leader. In the 1980 elections, when PAM came to power, Powell was elected to the

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. Simmonds appointed him as

. He also held the additional portfolio of minister of agriculture. He later received the additional portfolio of minister of tourism. Powell was sacked from the cabinet by Kennedy Simmonds on 1 April 1992.

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