Rena Lalgie
{{Short description|Governor of Bermuda since 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|name= Rena Lalgie
|image= S300 Rena Lalgie photo (cropped).jpg
|caption=Rena Lalgie in 2020
|office= Governor of Bermuda
|monarch= Elizabeth II
Charles III
|predecessor = John Rankin
|successor = Andrew Murdoch
|term_start = 14 December 2020
|term_end = 14 January 2025
|premier = Edward David Burt
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Rena Lalgie is a British civil servant who served as Governor of Bermuda from December 2020 to January 2025.Jonathan Bell and Fiona McWhirter, [http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20200613/first-black-woman-to-be-appointed-governor First black woman to be appointed governor], The Royal Gazette, 13 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.[https://bernews.com/2020/06/rena-lalgie-appointed-as-the-new-governor/ Rena Lalgie Appointed As The New Governor], Ber News, 12 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.{{cite web |title=Farewell, Governor Lalgie |url=https://bbc.bm/goodbye-governor-lalgie |publisher=Bermuda Broadcasting Company |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=14 January 2025}} She was the first woman, and the first person of African-Caribbean heritage, to be appointed governor of Bermuda.[https://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/bermuda-receives-first-female-and-black-governor-3 History made! Queen appoints black woman as Governor of Bermuda ], Loop News, 12 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.[https://www.motivation.africa/meet-rena-lalgie-the-first-female-black-governor-of.html Meet Rena Lalgie, the first female Black Governor of Bermuda after 400 years], Motivation Africa. Accessed 24 July 2020.
Career
Lalgie has worked in various roles for the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. She was director of operations at UK Trade & Investment, now the Department for International Trade. She then became head of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), created within the UK Treasury in 2016 to implement and enforce financial sanctions.Mara Lemos Stein, [https://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2017/01/17/u-k-sanctions-agency-prefers-compliance-over-enforcement/ U.K. Sanctions Agency Prefers Compliance Over Enforcement], Wall Street Journal, 17 January 2017. Accessed 24 July 2020.
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Black British women
Category:21st-century British women civil servants
Category:21st-century British women politicians
Category:21st-century British politicians
Category:21st-century British civil servants
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