Mia Amor Mottley sworn in as Barbados' first female Prime Minister

29 May 2018

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On 24 May, The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won the country's 2018 General Elections claiming all 30 seats in the country's House of Assembly and unseating the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which has governed the country since 2008.

The landslide victory for the BLP means that its political leader Mia Amor Mottley, LSE Law LLB graduate, will be sworn in as Barbados' first female Prime Minister since the country gained independence from Britain in 1966.