Jacklyn Frank | |
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14th Chairperson of the Barbuda Council | |
In office 12 April 2021 –January 2022 | |
Deputy | Trevor Walker |
Preceded by | Calsey Joseph |
Succeeded by | Mackenzie Frank |
Jacklyn "Jackie" Frank is an Antiguan and Barbudan politician as well as a Barbudan social worker. [1] She was the Chairperson of the Barbuda Council.
Jacklyn Frank was first elected to the council in 2017,getting 475 votes for the Barbuda People's Movement. She replaced Calsey Beazer-Joseph who headed the Barbuda Council one year,and has become the third ever woman to serve as Chairperson of the Barbuda Council.
She is quoted saying:
We won’t stop, we will keep moving forward until everything is resolved … the Council will do its best to improve Barbuda and to keep Barbuda forward but, on our terms, not on the terms that are impose on us from the outside. [2]
Frank was reelected to the Barbuda Council in the 2025 election. [3]