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Osbourne Fleming | |
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.jpg) Fleming in 2009 | |
| 6th Chief Minister of Anguilla | |
| In office March 6, 2000 – February 18, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 18, 1940 |
| Party | Anguilla National Alliance Coalition part of the Anguilla United Front |
Osbourne Berrington Fleming (born February 18, 1940) is a politician and a former chief minister of Anguilla.[1] He held that post from March 6, 2000, three days after the Anguilla United Front, a conservative coalition which included Fleming's Anguilla National Alliance[2] won parliamentary elections, gaining at least 4 of the 7 seats, until February 15, 2010 in which he retired from his seat as the chief minister of Anguilla.
Early life
[edit]Fleming was born on February 18, 1940. Prior to becoming Chief Minister, Fleming was a prominent and successful businessman.
Political career
[edit]In 1981 he was elected a member of the House of Assembly representing the East End as a member of the Anguilla Progressive Party.[3] In 1989 he switched parties while retaining the district, this time representing the Anguilla National Alliance.[3] Then, from 1994 to 1999, he became an independent while still remaining a member of the opposition.[3] From 1999 to 2005 he was a member of the Anguilla National Alliance, and finally, for his last few years, from 2005 to 2010, he was a member of the Anguilla United Front.[3] Simultaneously, he served for many years as Minister of Finance before winning the election as Anguilla's Chief Minister.
Chief Minister of Anguilla
[edit]From 2000 to 2010 Fleming served as Chief Minister of Anguilla.
In 2007, Indian workers at the British construction firm Carilion started demonstrations demanding better wages.[4] In July, Fleming responded that the legal representatives of the Indian workers were at a standstill with the employer.[4] However, a few days later, Carilion, which was supported by the government, agreed to raise the wages of the workers.[4] In 2009, Fleming called for Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to retract statements after Skerrit suggested that Anguilla was a beneficiary of financial support from Dominica.[5] Fleming stated that no agreement was signed with any country.[5]
Post minister role
[edit]In 2014, he expressed frustration over rumors about party defections from the AUF, and called for unity within the party and promoted Victor Bank.[6] He also called the 2010 elections a serious mistake since AUF was voted out.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Regional Surveys of the World: South America, Central America and the Caribbean, 2002. London, UK: Europe, 2001. 55.
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency. CIA World Factbook 2010. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2010. 21.
- 1 2 3 4 "Osbourne B. Fleming". Anguilla House of Assembly. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Indian workers double wages at construction firm in Anguilla, 2007 | Global Nonviolent Action Database". nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Anguilla's Chief Minister calls on Skerrit to recant statement on loan to his country". The Dominican. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 "What Our Politicians Are Saying:FORMER CM OSBOURNE FLEMING SPEAKS AT AUF MEETING " The people have now realized that they made a serious and fundamental mistake."". The Anguillian. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
External links
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- Osbourne Fleming Archived 14 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine at caribbeanelections.com
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