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Branford Taitt

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Branford Mayhew Taitt
President of the Senate of Barbados
In office
2008 – February 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Thompson
Freundel Stuart
Preceded byFred Gollop
Succeeded byKerryann Ifill

Sir Branford Mayhew Taitt, KA (May 15, 1938 – February 15, 2013) was a Barbadian politician who served as a cabinet minister and former President of the Senate of Barbados.[1] He served as Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce from 1971 to 1976, Minister of Tourism and Industry from 1986 to 1987, Minister of Health from 1987 to 1993, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994.[1][2] Taitt was the longest serving Minister of Health in the country's history.[2]

Taitt was born in 1938 on Fairfield Road in Black Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados.[1] He was the youngest of the five children of Clair Rollock and Elma Taitt-Rollock.[1] He attended Wesley Hall Boys' School and Combermere School.[1] Taitt later obtained a bachelor's degree bachelor's degree cum laude from Brooklyn College and a master's degree in public administration from New York University.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Neville (2013-02-15). "Sir Branford passes". Barbados Today. Archived from the original on 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  2. ^ a b c Bryan, Dorian (2010-11-30). "Branford Taitt knighted". Barbados Advocate. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
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