Donaldson Romeo

The Honourable
Donaldson Romeo
Romeo at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London, 3 December 2014.
Premier of Montserrat
Assumed office
12 September 2014
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor Adrian Davis
Elizabeth Carriere
Andrew Pearce
Preceded by Reuben Meade
Leader of the Opposition
In office
2011–2014
Personal details
Born 1962 (age 55–56)
Salem, Montserrat
Political party People's Democratic Movement
Other political
affiliations		 Montserrat Democratic Party

Donaldson Romeo (born 1962) is the Premier of Montserrat, holding the position since the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) won the country's September 2014 elections.[1] Having formerly worked as an artist and a journalist, he was first elected to parliament as an independent in 2011.[2]

Biography

Romeo was born in Salem, Montserrat in 1962. He attended Salem Primary School and Montserrat Secondary School, before becoming a pupil at the George School, a boarding school in the United States. Although he started studying medicine at Temple University, he returned to Montserrat after a year to help his father with his hardware business.[3] In 1984 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he became an artist. He was served with a deportation order, but after gaining support from MPs Ken Livingstone and John Carlisle and the National Portrait Gallery, his order was overturned on a technicality.[3]

After the court case, Romeo returned to Montserrat and continued working as an artist before rejoining his family's hardware firm. Following the eruption of Soufrière Hills in the mid-1990s, he became a journalist.[3]

Political career

Romeo was a candidate for the Montserrat Democratic Party in the 2006 general elections. He ran in the 2009 elections as an independent,[4] and was elected. In 2011 he became Leader of the Opposition.[5] On 30 April 2014 Romeo established the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) in order to contest the upcoming elections.[6] The September 2014 elections saw the PDM win seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council, becoming the ruling party.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "MONTSERRAT VOTES: Premier-elect Romeo thanks voters". Government of Montserrat.
  2. ↑ "Montserrat profile", BBC News, 23 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Donaldson Romeo Archived 12 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Montserrat Democratic Party
  4. ↑ Montserrat Election Results Election Passport
  5. ↑ Donaldson Romeo Archived 12 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. People's Democratic Movement
  6. ↑ "New Political Party ‘PDM’ Launched", Montserrat Reporter, 2 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "People’s Democratic Movement(PDM) to form next Montserrat government". Government of Montserrat
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