Reginald Austrie
Reginald Victor Austrie | |
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.jpg) Austrie is second from left in red shirt | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica | |
| In office 11 April 2018 – 17 December 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Roosevelt Skerrit |
| Preceded by | Ambrose George |
| Succeeded by | Irving McIntyre |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Dominica |
| Political party | Dominica Labour Party |
Reginald Austrie is a Dominican politician from the Dominica Labour Party.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Dominica in 1995 from Cottage constituency.[1] He was re-elected in 2000, 2005, 2009[2], 2014, 2019.
In 2000, Austrie was appointed as minister responsibility for small business development. He was minister for communications and works in 2005.[3] In 2005 he was appointed as minister of housing, lands and water.[4] He was minister of housing, lands, settlements and water from 2007 to 2014.[5] Austrie was appointed acting Prime Minister of Dominica for Roosevelt Skerrit for example in 2014.[6] He was appointed minister of housing, lands and water from 2014 to 2018.[7]
Austrie was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Dominica and minister of agriculture in April 2018.[8] He lost the title in a cabinet reshuffle in December 2019[9], and continued as senior minister[10] and minister of housing.
Austrie retired from political arena in 2022.[7] He was awarded Dominica Award of Honour in November 2022.[7]
References
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- ^ "News dominica - news and events in Dominica - news magazine for Dominican and friends of Dominica - news stories by Dominica economist Thomson Fontaine". www.thedominican.net.
- ^ "Dominica: Cabinet". pdba.georgetown.edu.
- ^ "Reginald Victor Austrie | 2014 General Election | Dominica Elections | The Sun". sundominica.com.
- ^ ""No Time For Novices"-Acting Prime Minister, Hon. Reginald Austrie". www.news.gov.dm.
- ^ a b c Baptiste, Carlisle Jn (15 March 2023). "Who will be the next President of Dominica from October 1, 2023 • Nature Isle News". Nature Isle News.
- ^ "Reginald Austrie named Deputy Prime Minister in Cabinet reshuffle but Skerrit takes his Housing Portfolio". Q95FM.
- ^ "NEW CABINET OFFICIALLY SWORN IN - GIS Dominica". web.archive.org. 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Former named Deputy Prime Minister, and now Senior Minister Reginald Austrie has asked citizens to leave all negativity behind & says any achievement for Dominica is an achievement for all Dominicans". Q95FM.