Ivan Charles Buchanan | |
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Speaker of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
In office 1983–1995 | |
Prime Minister | Kennedy Simmonds |
Preceded by | Herman Liburd |
Succeeded by | Walford Gumbs |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 January 1921 Sandy Point,St. Kitts |
Died | 14 January 2019 (aged 97) |
Ivan Charles Buchanan,CBE, [1] JP,was a politician from Saint Kitts and Nevis. [2]
He was born on 28 January 1921 in Sandy Point,St. Kitts. [1] He got teacher training in St. Kitts. He worked as a civil servant for 27 years,and as a primary school teacher and later as public health inspector. He worked also as director for the St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla National Bank. [1]
He was the Speaker of House of Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla from 1983 [3] to 1985,and then the Speaker of the National Assembly from 6 February 1985 to 1995. [4] [5] He led the legislature during the coalition of People's Action Movement and Nevis Reformation Party.
He died on 14 January 2019 at the age of 97. [1] One of his granddaughters,Janelle Sarauw,was elected to the legislature of U.S. Virgin Islands in 2016. [6]