Vivian Inez Archibald

{{Short description|British Virgin Islander politician}}

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{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}

Vivian Inez Archibald CBE (born 1 February 1945){{cite web|title=BIOGRAPHY|url=http://www.legco.gov.vg/spawpdfs/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20BIOGRAPHY-Hon.%20V.pdf|website=Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207115241/http://www.legco.gov.vg/spawpdfs/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20BIOGRAPHY-Hon.%20V.pdf|url-status=dead}} is a British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman who has served as the Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands since September 2008.{{cite news|title=Inez Archibald Appointed Next Deputy Governor|url=http://216.197.123.192/Newsroom/tabid/106/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/89/Inez-Archibald-Appointed-Next-Deputy-Governor.aspx|work=Government of the British Virgin Islands|date=2008-08-21|access-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503204320/http://216.197.123.192/Newsroom/tabid/106/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/89/Inez-Archibald-Appointed-Next-Deputy-Governor.aspx|archive-date=3 May 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Mrs. V. Inez Archibald, Function: Deputy Governor|url=http://www.bvi.gov.vg/bio/mrs-v-inez-archibald|work=Government of the British Virgin Islands|access-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503152755/http://www.bvi.gov.vg/bio/mrs-v-inez-archibald|archive-date=3 May 2014|url-status=dead}} On 21 August 2008, Meg Munn, who held the British ministerial portfolio for the Overseas Territories at the time, instructed the Governor of the British Virgin Islands to appoint Archibald as Deputy Governor. Inez Archibald took office as the British Virgin Islands' Deputy Governor on 15 September 2008.

Archibald holds a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from Rollins College. She also received a master's degree in religion from Stetson University and a second master's degree in divinity from Emory University.

Archibald's husband of forty-eight years, prominent British Virgin Islands lawyer Joseph Archibald, died on 3 April 2014.{{cite news|title=Son of the Soil Dr. Joseph S. Archibald, QC Dies|url=http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2014/03/28/son-of-the-soil-dies.html|work=The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer|date=2014-04-04|access-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142719/http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2014/03/28/son-of-the-soil-dies.html|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Hundreds Bid Farewell To Dr. Joseph S. Archibald, QC |url=http://www.bviplatinum.com/news.php?articleId=1398553826 |work=BVI Platinum |date=2014-04-26 |access-date=2014-05-03}} They had three daughters.

Archibald was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her public service in the 2015 New Year Honours.{{cite web |title=New year honours 2015: the full list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/30/-sp-new-years-honours-2015-full-list |website=The Guardian|location=London |access-date=27 September 2020 |date=30 December 2014}}