Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles

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Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles

OBE
Born
Rhondalee Moreen Braithwaite

Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Overseas Territory
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Liberty University
Occupation(s)Teacher, attorney

Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, OBE, is an attorney from the Turks and Caicos Islands and the first native-born Turks and Caicos Islander to serve as the territory's Attorney General.

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Early life

Rhondalee Moreen Braithwaite was born on Grand Turk Island to Susan (née Fulford) and Frederick Braithwaite, as their second child among six siblings. [1] [2] Her father was a Barbadian, who had immigrated to the Turks and Caicos and worked as a policeman. [3] Her mother was from South Caicos and was employed as the Registrar of Lands.

From an early age, Braithwaite wanted to study law and completed her secondary education at the Turks and Caicos High School. [1]

Teaching Career

For two years after finishing high school, Braithwaite taught second grade at the Grand Turk Christian Academy, before deciding to further her education. She went on to study at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, earning a degree in government and history and then returned to Grand Turk to teach forth grade for an additional two years.

Education and training

Deciding she did not want to be a teacher, she continued her studies, enrolling in law school at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus. [1] Braithwaite earned her Bachelor of Laws at UWI before pursuing a certificate for legal education from the Eugene Dupuch Law School in Nassau. [4]

Crown counsel

In 2000, Braithwaite-Knowles returned to the Turks and Caicos and began working for the government as a Crown Counsel. [4] [5] Within four years, she was appointed as a Senior Crown Counsel and by 2006, she had been promoted as Principal Crown Counsel with a responsibility for commercial transactions, overseeing development documents, leases, licenses, and other business agreements.[ citation needed ]

Attorney-General

Braithwaite-Knowles became Deputy Attorney-General in 2008 [5] and, in 2013, she was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her contributions to public service reform. [2] [6]

After Huw Shepheard stepped down as Attorney-General in 2013, Braithwaite-Knowles applied for the position. [1] After a recruitment process that included numerous overseas candidates, Braithwaite-Knowles was selected as the first native born Attorney-General of the Turks and Caicos, simultaneously becoming the first woman and youngest person to hold the job. [4] [5] [7]

Personal life

Braithwaite is married to husband, Gary Knowles, and the couple have one son. [1]

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Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Turks and Caicos Weekly News 2015.
  2. 1 2 The Guardian 2013.
  3. ↑ Bajan Reporter 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Turks and Caicos Weekly News 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Turks and Caicos Islands Government 2014.
  6. ↑ "Order of the British Empire Appointments". The London Gazette (60534): 25. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  7. ↑ BBC 2017.

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