Shawn Richards
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Honourable
|name = Shawn Richards
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|image = ShawnRichards.jpg
|office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
|primeminister1 = Timothy Harris
|term_start1 = 22 February 2015
|term_end1 = May 2022{{cite web |title=SKNVibes {{!}} PM Harris fires six Government Ministers |url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/118955 |website=www.sknvibes.com}}
|predecessor1 = Earl Asim Martin
|successor1 = Eugene Alistair Hamilton
|office2 = Minister of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
|primeminister2 = Timothy Harris
|term_start2 = 22 February 2015
|term_end2 = 2022?
|predecessor2 =
|birth_name = Shawn Kenneth Richards
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|8|df=y}}
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|party = People's Action Movement
|spouse =
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|alma_mater = Cleveland State University, University of the Virgin Islands
|religion =
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Shawn Kenneth Richards (born 8 December 1972) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician from People's Action Movement (PAM).{{cite web|url=http://peoplesactionmovement.com/team-view/hon-shawn-richards/|title=Hon. Shawn Richards|publisher=People's Action Movement|accessdate=2013-12-21}}
In politics
Richards has been the leader of the PAM since 2012, and a member of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In the 2010 elections, he defeated Norgen Wilson of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party to gain re-election to his seat.{{cite news|url=http://www.zizonline.com/news/?6ACD242E-2219-22DB-ABB64B33C3C4C359|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111020457/http://www.zizonline.com/news/?6ACD242E-2219-22DB-ABB64B33C3C4C359|title=St. Kitts Nevis Labour Party elected to a fourth consecutive term in office|work=ZIZ News|date=2010-01-26|archivedate=2012-11-11|accessdate=2013-12-23}} Richards was the Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 until 2022, when he was fired by Timothy Harris upon the collapse of the Team Unity alliance.{{cite web |title=SKNVibes {{!}} PM Harris fires six Government Ministers |url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/118955 |website=www.sknvibes.com}}
Other activities
Richards completed his higher education in the United States at Cleveland State University and then the University of the Virgin Islands. He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 2002 and worked as an auditor in Saint Kitts and Nevis. He renounced his American citizenship in 2009 during the debate on the National Assembly Elections (Amendment) Bill, which barred dual citizens from standing for election.{{cite news|url=http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/15487.html|title=St Kitts takes dual citizenship issue to parliament|work=Caribbean 360|date=2009-07-03|accessdate=2013-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105418/http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/15487.html|archive-date=2013-12-24|url-status=dead}} {{cite news|url=http://timescaribbeanonline.com/st-kitts-opposition-leader-maybe-forced-resign-diplomatic-passport-row/|title=St Kitts Opposition Leader May be Forced to Resign Over Diplomatic Passport Row|newspaper=Times Caribbean Online|date=October 8, 2017|accessdate=June 1, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013204329/http://timescaribbeanonline.com/st-kitts-opposition-leader-maybe-forced-resign-diplomatic-passport-row/|archivedate=October 13, 2017|quote=Then Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas was very instrumental in the move to get rid of both Mr. Shawn Richards and Mr. Lindsay Grant in the then upcoming 2010 General Elections. The PAM candidates, the Hon Lindsay Grant and Hon Shawn Richards journeyed to Barbados where they renounced their US Citizenship and relinquished their US passports.}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103359/http://stkittsnevis.gov.kn/default.asp?PageIdentifier=31 Profile for Shawn Richards] on the website of the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Category:Cleveland State University alumni
Category:Deputy prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Category:Government ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Category:Members of the National Assembly (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Category:People's Action Movement politicians