Ernest Hilaire
Ernest Hilaire | |
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Hilaire in 2018 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Philip Pierre |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Member of Parliament for Castries South | |
| Assumed office 6 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Kennedy Lewis |
| 1st Deputy Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party | |
| Assumed office 28 September 2019 | |
| Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information | |
| Assumed office 5 August 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
| Education | University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Darwin College, Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Website | https://ernesthilaire.com |
Ernest Hilaire is a Saint Lucian politician who is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information. Hilaire also serves as the 1st Deputy Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Hilaire serves in the House of Assembly as the representative for Castries South. Hilaire is the former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom for Saint Lucia. He served in opposition from 2016 till the landslide victory of the Saint Lucia Labour Party in the 2021 general election.