Vernon Lorden Shaw (13 May 1930 – 2 December 2013) was the fifth President of Dominica, in office from 1998 to 2003. Shaw was an alumnus of the Dominica Grammar School and

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. He was a career

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, rising to the post of

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in 1977, and retiring in 1990. He became resident tutor of the

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in 1991. Shaw was elected to a five-year term as President by the

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on 2 October 1998, as the candidate of the United Workers' Party (UWP). The secret ballot, party-line vote was 18–13. He took office on October 6, 1998, following the expiration of President

Crispin Sorhaindo Crispin Anselm Sorhaindo OBE (23 May 1931 – 10 January 2010) was the fourth President of Dominica. He served from 25 October 1993 until 5 October 1998. Early life Sorhaindo was born in 1931 in the village of Vieille Case. He attended the Vie ...

's single five-year term. Shaw left office on 1 October 2003, and was succeeded by

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. He died on 2 December 2013 at the age of 83.

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