Jerome Xavier Walcott
OfficeMinister of Health and Wellness
Term start26 October 2022
Prime ministerMia Mottley
PredecessorIan Gooding-Edghill
Office 1Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Term 126 May 2018 – 26 October 2022
Prime minister 1Mia Mottley
Predecessor 1Maxine McClean
Successor 1Kerrie Symmonds
Office 2Leader of the Senate
Term start 227 May 2018
Term end 226 January 2022
Prime minister 2Mia Mottley
Predecessor 2Maxine McClean
Successor 2Lisa Cummins
Birth placeBarbados
Birth dateApril 2, 1957 (age 69)
PartyLabour Party
EducationLondon Business School
University of the West Indies

Jerome Xavier Walcott[1] FRCS[1] (born April 2, 1957)[1] is a Barbadian diplomat and politician who served as foreign minister of Barbados.[2]

Biography

Walcott was raised in Bridgetown and was educated at St. Angela's Primary and also studied at London Business School. He graduated from University of the West Indies in 1982 and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.[2][1]

Walcott was MP between 2003 and 2008, and since 2001 was Leader of Government Business in the Senate and later served as minister of health under the tenure of Owen Arthur. Between 1995 and 1997, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Labour Party and has been its chairman as of 2021. He was also appointed a senator in 2013.[1]

Since May 27, 2018, he has been the minister of foreign affairs of Barbados under prime minister Mia Mottley.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Senator the Hon. Jerome Xavier Walcott, FRCS, JP". Caribbean Elections. 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Senator Dr. The Hon. Jerome Xavier Walcott, FRCS, JP". Foreign Ministry of Barbados. 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2021.