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Sylvanie Burton is a politician from Dominica who has served as the president of Dominica since 2023, after being elected in the 2023 Dominican presidential election . She is the first woman and first Indigenous (Kalinago ) president of Dominica.[1]
Burton has served as permanent secretary in various ministries since 2014, within the ministries of Community Development, Environment, Rural Modernization, Kalinago Upliftment, and Constituency Empowerment, Foreign Affairs, Trade, Youth and Social Services. Burton has also previously held the position of Development Officer in the Ministry of Kalinago Affairs.[2]
Burton was nominated by the DLP government led by Roosevelt Skerrit to succeed outgoing president Charles Savarin. Her nomination was rejected by the leader of the opposition, Jesma Paul Victor, leading to an election within parliament against the opposition's nominee.[3]
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Burton is married with two children.[4] [2] [5] [2] University of Manchester , England,[5] [2] St. Francis Xavier University , Canada.[5]
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^ "Dominica: Lack of support for first female head of state nominee" . Loop Caribbean News . CMC. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023 .
^ Popovic, Caroline (1 September 2023). "Le gouvernement de la Dominique souhaite nommer une femme d'origine Kalinago chef d'État de l'île" . Martinique la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ a b c "Sylvanie Burton" the first female President of the Commonwealth of DominicaThe first indigenous president" . London: NTL Incorporated . Retrieved 27 December 2023 .
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Sylvanie Burton with the Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Sustainable Energy, 3-4 June 2019, London
