Errol Cort

'''Errol Cort''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE}} is a Antigua and Barbuda politician, lawyer and economist. He was Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs and Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda from 1999 to 2001 and has been involved with successful electoral reforms in the country.<ref name="SA">{{cite book|author=10th Ed 2002|title=South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9ODxqsr-dIC&pg=PA61|accessdate=25 July 2011|date=9 November 2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-121-6|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/antigua/candidates/upp/Errol_Cort.asp|title=Errol CORT|publisher=Caribbean Elections|accessdate=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006200004/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/antigua/candidates/upp/Errol_Cort.asp|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served as Minister of Finance between 2004 and 2009 and is a member of the United Progressive Party (UPP), representing St. John's Rural East. Other ministerial positions held include Industry, Commerce, Customs, Investment, Economic Planning and Development, and Financial Services Regulation, Property Valuation and Tax Compliance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uppantigua.com/leadership/cort|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122200004/http://www.uppantigua.com/leadership/cort|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 22, 2009|title=St. John's Rural East|publisher=United Progressive Party|accessdate=25 July 2011}}</ref>

In 2011, he was involved in a US$1 million lawsuit with the Stanford International Bank (SIB), owned by Allen Stanford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cananews.net/news/131/ARTICLE/57688/2011-02-17.html|title=MILLION DOLLAR SUIT: Errol Cort slapped with lawsuit from Stanford investors|publisher=Cana News|date=17 February 2011|accessdate=25 July 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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