Nicholas Liverpool
{{short description|President of Dominica}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nicholas Liverpool
|image = Nicholas Liverpool.jpg
|office = 6th President of Dominica
|primeminister = Pierre Charles
Osborne Riviere {{small|(Acting)}}
Roosevelt Skerrit
|term_start = 2 October 2003
|term_end = 17 September 2012
|predecessor = Vernon Shaw
|successor = Eliud Williams
|birth_name = Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool
|birth_date = {{birth date|1934|9|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = Grand Bay, British Leeward Islands
|death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|1|1934|9|9|df=y}}
|death_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.
|resting_place=Grand Bay Roman Catholic Church Cemetery
|party = Independent
|spouse = Cecilia Koranteng-Addow m. 1963 d. 1969, Verna Liverpool
| children = {{hlist|Roy Liverpool|Philip Liverpool|Rebecca Gumbs (née Liverpool)|Susan Imbeah (née Liverpool)|Nana Ama Brantuo (née Liverpool)|Bertha Liverpool|Nicole Liverpool}}
|alma_mater = University of Hull
City Law School
University of Sheffield
}}
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 – 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
Biography
In 1957, Liverpool entered the University of Hull and obtained an LL.B (Hons.) degree in 1960. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1961. He received a Ph.D degree from University of Sheffield in 1965.[http://www.presidentoffice.gov.dm/cv.htm "Curriculum Vitae of Dr. N.J.O. Liverpool, D.A.H. President of the Commonwealth of Dominica"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928132927/http://www.presidentoffice.gov.dm/cv.htm |date=28 September 2008 }}, President's Office. Accessed 26 July 2008. After returning to the Caribbean, he spent 18 years as a law lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Barbados and in 1992 became dean of its law school. He served as a regional judge and then an appeal court judge in several countries in the Caribbean including Belize and Grenada. He also served as a high court judge in Antigua and Montserrat and served on a number of tribunals and commissions for legal reform. In 2002 he was chairman of the constitutional review commission for Grenada.Turner, Barry, eds. The Statesman's Yearbook 2010: The Politics, Cultures And Economies of the World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. 405. The University of Hull awarded him a degree of Doctor of Laws in July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/law-school/alumni/liverpool_nicholas.aspx|title=His Excellency Dr Nicholas Liverpool DAH, OCC|publisher=University of Hull|accessdate=7 June 2015|date=6 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611062312/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/law-school/alumni/liverpool_nicholas.aspx|archive-date=11 June 2015|url-status=dead}}
Liverpool became Ambassador to the United States in March 1998,[https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/91604.htm List of Dominican ambassadors to the United States], U.S. State Department website. serving in that capacity until 2001.{{cite web|title=His Excellency Dr. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool D.A.H. O.C.C.|url=http://www.presidentoffice.gov.dm|work=Office of the President of Dominica}}
File:Nicholas J O Liverpool with Obamas.jpg
In the same year as elected president, Liverpool was awarded the Dominica Award of Honour. Between 2002 and 2003 he also served as a Member of the UNESCO governing board. In July 2008 he agreed to serve a second term as president upon the expiration of his first term, following a joint nomination by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Opposition Leader Earl Williams.[http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-9404--31-31--.html "Dominica's president to serve second term"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, caribbeannetnews.com, 26 July 2008.
Nicholas Liverpool died on 1 June 2015 in Miami, Florida, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 80 years old.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Former-head-of-state-dies|work=Jamaica Observer|title=Former head of state dies|accessdate=7 June 2015|date=1 June 2015}}
National honours
Foreign honours
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- {{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, Special Class{{Cite web|url=http://www.constantinian.org.uk/president-and-first-lady-of-dominica-honoured-by-constantinian-order-at-london-ceremony/|title=President and First Lady of Dominica honoured by Constantinian Order at London Ceremony – Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George|date=28 July 2012 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.dominicavibes.dm/news-170087/|agency=Dominica Vibes|date=5 June 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015|title=More condolence messages for Dr Liverpool}}In 2012 Liverpool was awarded and invested by HRH The Duke of Castro as a Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in recognition to his contribution to law and Catholic Life and served from 2014 as Vice Delegate for Dominica for the Order.
References
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External links
- [http://www.presidentoffice.gov.dm/ Official site of the President's Office, Commonwealth of Dominica]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Hull
Category:Alumni of the University of Sheffield
Category:Ambassadors of Dominica to the United States
Category:Dominica judges on the courts of Antigua and Barbuda
Category:Dominica judges on the courts of Belize
Category:Dominica judges on the courts of Grenada
Category:Dominica judges on the courts of Montserrat
Category:People from Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica