Ernest Hilaire

Saint Lucian politician

The Right Honourable Ernest Hilaire MP
Hilaire in 2018

Deputy Prime Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2022
Prime Minister	Philip Pierre
Preceded by	Vacant
Member of Parliament for Castries South
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 June 2016
Preceded by	Robert Kennedy Lewis
1st Deputy Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party ^[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 September 2019
Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 August 2021 ^[2]

Personal details
Political party	Saint Lucia Labour Party
Education	University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Darwin College, Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science
Website	https://ernesthilaire.com ^[3]

Ernest Hilaire is a Saint Lucian politician who is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information.^[4] Hilaire also serves as the 1st Deputy Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party.^[5] Hilaire serves in the House of Assembly as the representative for Castries South. Hilaire is the former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom for Saint Lucia.^[6] He served in opposition from 2016^[7] till the landslide victory of the Saint Lucia Labour Party in the 2021 general election.^[8]

Education

In the 1990s Hilaire obtained a Bachelor of Science degree^[9] at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies.^[6] Hilaire made the decision to move from a strictly Sociology major to a double major in Political Science and Sociology.^[9] Hilaire served one year as a Foreign Service Cadet and went on to achieve his Master of Philosophy Degree in 1995 with a distinction in International Relations from Darwin College, Cambridge University, England. Hilaire also obtained a PhD from London School of Economics in 2006 with a thesis titled International relations and the shaping of state-societal relations - A postcolonial study.^[10]^[11]

Post career

Hilaire served as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1999.^[12] Hilaire became the Chief Executive Officer of The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on 1 October 2009.^[10] He would later leave the post to obtain a diplomatic posting in London in September 2012.^[13]

Hilaire was appointed Deputy Prime Minister on 7 January 2022.^[14]

References

^ "Hilaire, Edward elected SLP Deputy Political Leaders". Loop News. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
^ "Cabinet of Ministers revealed at swearing-in ceremony". St. Lucia Times. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Ernest Hilaire Launches Newly Designed Website Ahead Of Elections". St. Lucia Times. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Cabinet of Ministers revealed at swearing-in ceremony | Loop St. Lucia". Loop News. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ Editorma (1 October 2019). "St Lucia Labour Party gears up for general election". Caribbean News Global. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Ernest Hilaire - From Cadet to High Commissioner - A Dream Fulfilled | International Magazine Kreol". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "UWP wins Saint Lucia elections". St. Lucia Times News. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "SLP Wins Landslide Victory In Saint Lucia Elections". St. Lucia Times News. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Jamaica Gleaner Online". old.jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Hilaire confirmed as new WICB CEO". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ Hilaire, Ernest (2006). International relations and the shaping of state-societal relations - A postcolonial study (PhD). London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Hilaire to quit top WICB job for diplomatic posting". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Hilaire responds to Chastanet's criticism of Deputy PM appointment | Loop St. Lucia". Loop News.