Oswald Skippings
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Oswald Skippings | |
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| 2nd Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| In office 19 June 1980 – 4 November 1980 | |
| Preceded by | JAGS McCartney |
| Succeeded by | Norman Saunders |
| Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| In office March 3, 1988 – 3 April 1991 | |
| Succeeded by | Washington Misick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 19, 1953 |
| Political party | Progressive Democratic Alliance (2016-present) |
| Other political affiliations | People's Democratic Movement (before 2016) |
Oswald O'Neil Skippings (born 1953) is a politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands. He served as the island territory's Chief Minister from 19 June 1980 to November 1980 and again from 3 March 1988 to April 1991.
Skippings became the youngest member of a Caribbean government ever when he was first elected to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) legislature in 1976 at the age of 22. He later became the youngest leader of a Caribbean government ever when he became Chief Minister in 1980 at the age of 26. Skippings was Chief Minister of the TCI between June and November 1980 and again between March 1988 and April 1991. In July 2012 he was re-elected leader of the People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands)[1]
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| Chief Ministers (1976–2006) |  | |
| Premiers (2006–present) |
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Categories:
- 1953 births
- People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands) politicians
- Chief Ministers of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Living people