Samantha Marshall

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The Honourable
Samantha Marshall
Member of the Antigua and Barbuda Parliament
for St. Mary's South
Assumed office
June 2014
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralLouise Lake-Tack, Rodney Williams
Personal details
Political partyAntigua and Barbuda Labour Party

Samantha Nicole Marshall is an Antiguan MP and Cabinet Minister. Marshall represents St. Mary's South in the . She is a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.[1]

Career[]

Marshall owns a law firm, , located in St John’s. She is one of the nation's top attorneys.[2]

Marshall won the St. Mary's South constituency in the 2014 general elections defeating Hilson Baptiste, a member of the United Progressive Party. Six days after the 2014 elections, she was appointed Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development by Prime Minister Gaston Browne.

She won the same seat in the 2018 elections and was appointed Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource, Youth, and Gender Affairs Department one day after the 2018 elections.

Marshall believes that a nations development is measured by its level of poverty, and in 2016, she believed poverty would be minimal or "not existent", and it has lowered from 18.3% in 2016 to 0% in 2021.[3][4]

Personal life[]

On June 25, 2021, her father, , was honored with CBE for "sterling service"[5]

References[]

  1. ^ https://ab.gov.ag
  2. ^ "Caribbean Elections Biography | Samantha Marshall".
  3. ^ "Minister of Social Transformation Samantha Marshall Says a Country's Development is Measured by its Level of Poverty".
  4. ^ "Antigua and Barbuda Poverty Rate -2021".
  5. ^ "Hugh Marshall Honoured with Cbe for Sterling Service".
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