University of The West Indies - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

UWI Graduates who are, or have been, Heads of Government or in the Government:

The Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson: Former Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Dr. the Rt. Hon. Sir Kennedy A. Simmonds: Former Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis

The Rt. Hon. Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford: Former Prime Minister of Barbados

The Hon. Dr. Orlando Smith: Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands

Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves: Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The Hon. Patrick Manning: Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

The Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur: Former Prime Minister of Barbados

Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell: Prime Minister of Grenada

Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony: Prime Minister of St. Lucia

The Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas: Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis

The Hon. David Thompson: Former Prime Minister of Barbados

The Hon. Dean Barrow: Prime Minister of Belize

The Hon. Joseph Walcott Parry: Premier of Nevis

The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

The Hon. Andrew Holness: Former Prime Minister of Jamaica

The Hon. Minister of Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Herbert Volney

The Hon. Minister of National Security/ Football executive, Jack Warner

UWI Graduates in other fields:

  • Fae A. Ellington, Jamaican media personality and lecturer
  • Shafimana Ueitele, Namibian lawyer
  • Kris Rampersad, Journalist, Author, Cultural Advocate.
  • David Barry Gaspar, Professor of History at Duke University
  • Edward L. Cox, Associate Professor of History at Rice University
  • Judge L. Dolliver M. Nelson, Member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  • The Hon. Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • J. Michael Dash, Professor of French, Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University
  • Christine Emmons, PhD., Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Child Study Center

Appointments 6 March 2012 – : H.R.H. Prince Harry of Wales- Honorary Fellow of the University of the West Indies

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