Cynthia Astwood

{{Short description|Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (born 1946)}}

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Cynthia Anita Louise Astwood {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 9 October{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} 1946) served as the acting Governor of the Turks and Caicos from 26 November until 16 December 2002, when she retired and was succeeded by Jim Poston. She was the first woman to act as Governor of the Turks and Caicos.{{Cite web |url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/01/25/secretary.shtml |title=Caribbean Net News: Chief Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands retires |access-date=2010-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514031451/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/01/25/secretary.shtml |archive-date=2010-05-14 |url-status=dead }}