CARICOM SG gets a second five-year term.

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CARICOM Chair Dr Terrance Drew announces that Dr Carla Barnett has been reappointed for a second five-year term as Secretary-General following the Fiftieth Regular Meeting of Heads of Government in St Kitts and Nevis
Dr Carla Barnett has been reappointed as CARICOM Secretary-General for a second five-year term, with the required majority of Heads of Government confirming the decision at their Fiftieth Regular Meeting in St Kitts and Nevis

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribben Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has been re-appointed to the position for another five-year term.

A brief statement by CARICOM chairman and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Terrance Drew, said that the re-appointment of the Belizean national was approved by “the required majority” of CARICOM leaders at their summit in Basseterre late last month.

It gave no further details as to the number of regional leaders who cast their vote in support of Barnett, adding that she will begin her second term in August this year.

Barnett, an economist, became the eighth CARICOM Secretary General on August 15, 2021, by “unanimous appointment” of the regional leaders.

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