{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Louis Straker | honorific_suffix = KCMG | image = File:Louis Straker with Obamas cropped.jpg | image_size = | caption = | order = Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | monarch = Elizabeth II | governor_general = Frederick Ballantyne<br/>Susan Dougan | term_start = 10 December 2015 | term_end = 7 November 2020 | predecessor = Girlyn Miguel | successor = Montgomery Daniel | office1 = Vice President of the Unity Labour Party | term_start1 = 2001 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_name = Louis Hilton Straker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Layou, Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands <br/> (Now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) | death_date = | death_place = | party = Unity Labour Party | spouse = | alma_mater = Hunter College, New York. | prime_minister = Ralph Gonsalves }} '''Sir Louis Hilton Straker''', KCMG (born 23 February 1944) is a politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2015 to 2020. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade from 2001 to May 17, 2005 when he was transferred to the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing during a cabinet reshuffle. He became Foreign Minister again in December 2005.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://voteulp.com/content/sir-louis-straker|title=Sir Louis Straker|date=2 October 2015|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105910/http://voteulp.com/content/sir-louis-straker|archive-date=21 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Straker<!-- "The Terminator" --> was born on 23 February 1944 in Layou. He was raised in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by his father Bertram Augustus Straker.
He was educated at the Layou Government school, then to the Emmanuel High school an later gained higher education at the Hunter College, New York.
== Political career == thumb|right|260px|Louis Straker with Obamas In the 2001 general election his party gained 69.2% of the vote. The Unity Labour Party gain government and Louis Straker was elected to house of parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/vc/elections/vc_results_2001.asp|title=St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Election Results 2001|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105702/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/vc/elections/vc_results_2001.asp|archive-date=21 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the 2015 general election his party gained 52.28% of the vote with a total of 34,246 of the votes. Louis was once again elected to house of parliament for Central Leeward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/vc/elections/vc_results_2015.asp|title=St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Election Results 2015|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Straker is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.searchlight.vc/special-feature/2005/10/07/straker-ready-to-take-seat-again/|title=Straker ready to take seat again|date=October 7, 2005|newspaper=Searchlight|access-date=May 5, 2025}}</ref>
== Honours == Straker was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in May 6, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On May 6, 2006, I had the privilege of... - Louis Straker Jr |url=https://www.facebook.com/1210124486/posts/on-may-6-2006-i-had-the-privilege-of-attending-buckingham-palace-as-queen-elizab/10228120341893036/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of foreign ministers in 2017
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071217014553/http://www.gov.vc/Govt/Government/Executive/Cabinet/Members/Members.asp?z=286&a=709 Cabinet biography] (2007)
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