Clarence Seignoret
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Clarence Seignoret
| office = 3rd President of Dominica
| image = File:Sir clarence seignoret.jpg
| predecessor = Aurelius Marie
| primeminister = Eugenia Charles
| successor = Crispin Sorhaindo
| term_start = 19 December 1983
| term_end = 25 October 1993
| party =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 25 February 1919
| birth_place = Roseau, British Dominica
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|5|5|1919|2|25|df=y}}
| death_place = Roseau, Dominica
| resting_place =
| spouse = Judith Laronde (m. 1950)
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|OBE}}
| alma_mater = Oxford University
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| children = 2
}}
Sir Clarence Henry Augustus Seignoret {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|OBE}} (25 February 1919 – 5 May 2002){{cite web |url=http://www.newsdominica.com/heritage/heritage.cfm?Id=210 |title=Dominica's culture, history & heritage: Seignoret, Sir Clarence Henry Augustus - a brief definition from Dr. Lennox Honychurch |accessdate=2010-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120904011138/http://www.newsdominica.com/heritage/heritage.cfm?Id=210 |archivedate=2012-09-04 }} was the third President of Dominica.{{Cite web|url=http://presidentoffice.gov.dm/past-officials/former-presidents/his-excellency-sir-clarence-seignoret-1983-1993/74-biography2|title = Biography - Office of the President}}
Early life & education
Born in Roseau,{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134264902 |page=227 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&q=Clarence+Henry+Augustus+Seignoret&pg=PA227 |accessdate=4 July 2019 |language=en}} to Violet (née Riviere) and Clarence A. Seignoret.{{Cite web |title=His Excellency Sir Clarence Seignoret (1983-1993) - Office of the President |url=https://presidentoffice.gov.dm/component/content/category/former-presidents/his-excellency-sir-clarence-seignoret-1983-1993?Itemid=101 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=presidentoffice.gov.dm}} Seignoret was educated at the Dominica Grammar School and at college in Saint Lucia.
Career
He started working as a civil servant in Dominica from 1936. From 1958 to 1960 he undertook an international public service course in Oxford University. On returning to Dominica he resumed his governmental career, acting on various occasions as first Secretary to the Cabinet and substitute to the President.
The House of Assembly of Dominica elected him as President of Dominica in 1983, and he was sworn in during October of that year. Re-elected to the presidency in 1988, he resigned in 1993.
In the 1966 New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE){{London Gazette |date= 31 December 1965|issue= 43854| page= |endpage=25 |supp=y}} and in 1985 he was knighted with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.{{cn|date=July 2019}} He was also Knight of Malta since 1992.
Personal life
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100806152346/http://presidentoffice.gov.dm/former_presidents/sir_clarence_seignoret/cs_bio/sir_clarence_seignoret.html Biography]
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Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Presidents of Dominica
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
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