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Nicholas Liverpool
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 – 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
In 1957, Liverpool entered the University of Hull and obtained an LL.B (Hons.) degree in 1960. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1961. He received a Ph.D degree from University of Sheffield in 1965.
The University of Hull awarded him a degree of Doctor of Laws in July 2011.
After returning to the Caribbean, Liverpool was a law lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Barbados for 18 years. In 1992, became dean of its law school. He served as a regional judge and then an appeal court judge in several countries in the Caribbean, including Belize and Grenada. He also served as a high court judge in Antigua and Montserrat and served on a number of tribunals and commissions for legal reform. In 2002 he was chairman of the constitutional review commission for Grenada.
Liverpool became Ambassador to the United States in March 1998, serving in that capacity until 2001.
Between 2002 and 2003 he served as a Member of the UNESCO governing board. In July 2008 he served a second term as president, following a joint nomination by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Opposition Leader Earl Williams.
In 2003, the same year he was elected president, Liverpool was awarded the Dominica Award of Honour.
In 2012, Liverpool was awarded and invested by HRH The Duke of Castro of Two Sicilian Royal Family as a Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in recognition to his contribution to law and Catholic life. Liverpool served from 2014 as Vice Delegate for Dominica for the Order.
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Nicholas Liverpool
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 – 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
In 1957, Liverpool entered the University of Hull and obtained an LL.B (Hons.) degree in 1960. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1961. He received a Ph.D degree from University of Sheffield in 1965.
The University of Hull awarded him a degree of Doctor of Laws in July 2011.
After returning to the Caribbean, Liverpool was a law lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Barbados for 18 years. In 1992, became dean of its law school. He served as a regional judge and then an appeal court judge in several countries in the Caribbean, including Belize and Grenada. He also served as a high court judge in Antigua and Montserrat and served on a number of tribunals and commissions for legal reform. In 2002 he was chairman of the constitutional review commission for Grenada.
Liverpool became Ambassador to the United States in March 1998, serving in that capacity until 2001.
Between 2002 and 2003 he served as a Member of the UNESCO governing board. In July 2008 he served a second term as president, following a joint nomination by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Opposition Leader Earl Williams.
In 2003, the same year he was elected president, Liverpool was awarded the Dominica Award of Honour.
In 2012, Liverpool was awarded and invested by HRH The Duke of Castro of Two Sicilian Royal Family as a Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in recognition to his contribution to law and Catholic life. Liverpool served from 2014 as Vice Delegate for Dominica for the Order.
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