Hudson Kemuel Tannis[2] was a politician from Saint Vincent, Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party.

Hudson Tannis
Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
In office
October 1980 – July 1984
Prime MinisterMilton Cato
Succeeded byEdward Griffith
Leader of Saint Vincent Labour Party
In office
January 1985 – August 1986
Preceded byMilton Cato
Succeeded byVincent Beache
Personal details
Born
Hudson Kemuel Tannis

1928[1]
Died3 August 1986

Tannis was born in 1928.[1] He worked as barrister-at-law.[3]

Tannis was a member of Saint Vincent Labour Party.[4] He was first elected as a member of the House of Assembly in 1967.[4]

Tannis held many cabinet positions during Milton Cato administrations. He was minister of communications, works and labour from 1969 to 1970.[4] He was minister of education and health from 1970 to 1972.[4] He was minister of communications and works from 1975 to 1977.[4] He was minister of home affairs and tourism from 1977 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1980.[4] He was minister of external affairs and tourism from 1980 until 1984.[4] He was also accredited as the non-resident ambassador to United States since 1981. Tannis was Deputy Prime Minister from October 1980[5] to July 1984,[6] when Labour Party lost elections

Tannis was elected to succeed retiring Milton Cato as party leader in January 1985.[7] However, he died in a tragic plane accident on 3 August 1986 on LIAT Flight 319 when returning from Saint Lucia.[8][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Leonard, Thomas M. (18 October 2013). Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-20515-7.
  2. ^ "British Caribbean Who, What, why". L.S. Smith. 1969.
  3. ^ a b "Remembering LIAT Flight 319 - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. 29 July 2005.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1951 to INDEPENDENCE 1979 to PRESENT" (PDF). House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-14.
  5. ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sep-Dec 1980". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049424. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1984July-Dec". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/osu.32435024019879. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  7. ^ Lansford, Tom (9 June 2023). Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-0718-5305-4.
  8. ^ "Biographical Sketch of Sir Vincent Beache - Searchlight". www.searchlight.vc. 16 August 2019.