Robert Kennedy Lewis

{{Short description|Saint Lucian politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2011}}

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Robert Kennedy Lewis is a St Lucian politician affiliated with the Saint Lucia Labour Party. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia following the election of 11 December 2006 as the member of parliament for Castries South.{{Cite web |url=http://www.voteslp.com/team/lewis |title=Dr. Robert Kennedy Lewis |publisher=Saint Lucia Labour Party |accessdate=17 November 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.htsstlucia.org/2011_News/August/HTS_News_August_25th_2011.htm |title=Robert Lewis on university |publisher=HTS Channel 4 |author=Peter, Sarah |date=25 August 2011 |accessdate=17 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231635/http://www.htsstlucia.org/2011_News/August/HTS_News_August_25th_2011.htm |archivedate=25 April 2012 }} Previous to his election Lewis was supervisor and examiner of National Examinations in Mathematics from 1992 to 2006. In January 2005 he received a Phd in mathematics from the University of Otago.

Lewis presented diplomatic credentials to Joseph Wu, foreign minister of the Republic of China on 20 April 2022,{{cite news |last1=Teng |first1=Pei-ju |title=New Saint Lucia ambassador to Taiwan looks to further ties |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202204200020 |access-date=20 April 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=20 April 2022}} and succeeded Edwin Laurent, who had served as St Lucian ambassador to the Republic of China since May 2018.{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=INTERVIEW/Outgoing St. Lucian ambassador pledges continued support for Taiwan |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202203110004 |access-date=20 April 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=11 March 2022}}{{cite news |title=St. Lucia's new ambassador to Taiwan takes up post |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201805160025 |access-date=20 April 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 May 2018}} Lewis presented his diplomatic credentials to president Tsai Ing-wen on 5 May 2022.{{cite news |last1=Wen |first1=Kuei-hsiang |last2=Ko |first2=Lin |title=New Saint Lucian ambassador presents credentials to President Tsai |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205050015 |access-date=5 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=5 May 2022}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=Tsai welcomes new envoy from Saint Lucia, touting him as an 'old friend' |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/05/06/2003777805 |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 May 2022}}