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	Cabinet of the Second Owen S. ARTHUR Administration
	Barbados Labour Party \| 1999 - 2003
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CABINET COMPOSITION
The Cabinet consists of ministerial heads of departments and is chaired by the Prime Minister.

Composition by Role

Ministers	14

Ministers of State	2

Special Envoy (cabinet level)	1

Parliamentary Secretaries	1

Ministers by Gender

Men	13

Women	4

CABINET TIMELINE
	Cabinet Reshuffle
1 October 2001 On 24 September 2001 Prime Minister Owen Arthur announced a reshuffle of his Cabinet. The changes were effective from October 1.

1 October 2001

Photo	Post	Member
	Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Information, Defense & Security	Hon. Owen S. ARTHUR, MP

	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade	Hon. Billie A. MILLER, MP

	Attorney General & Minister of Home Affairs	Hon. Mia A. MOTTLEY, MP

	Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs, & Business Development	Hon. Ronald TOPPIN, MP

	Minister of Economic Development, Industry & International Business	Hon. Reginald R. FARLEY, MP

	Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development	Hon. Anthony P. WOOD, MP

	Minister of Education, Youth Affairs, & Sports	Hon. Rudolph GREENIDGE, MP

	Minister of Health	Senator, Dr. the Hon. Jerome X Walcott

	Minister of Physical Development & the Environment	Hon. H. Elizabeth THOMPSON, MP

	Minister of Public Works & Transportation	Hon.Rommel MARSHALL, MP

	Minister of Labour & Social Security	Hon. Rawle C. EASTMOND, MP

	Minister of Housing & Lands	Hon. Gline A. CLARKE, MP

	Minister of Social Transformation	Hon. Hamilton LASHLEY, MP

	Minister of Tourism & International Transport	Hon. Noel LYNCH, MP

	Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and the Civil Service	Senator, the Hon. Glyne MURRAY

	Minister of State for Education, Youth Affairs and Culture	Hon. Cynthia Y. FORDE, MP

	Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Technology, Investment, & Trade	Senator, the Hon. Philip GODDARD

	Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources	Senator the Hon. Tyronne E. BARKER

CABINET COMPOSITION
The Cabinet consists of ministerial heads of departments and is chaired by the Prime Minister.

Compositon by Role

Ministers	14

Ministers of State	1

Parliamentary Secretaries	2

Ministers by Gender

Men	13

Women	2

CABINET TIMELINE
	Cabinet Reshuffle
12 August 1999 Prime Minister Owen Arthur has announced the termination of the appointment of H. Elizabeth Thompson as as Minister of Health. Phillip Goddard was named as her replacement. Goddard, the former Minister of Transportation and Public Works was succeeded by Rommel Marshall.

As of 19 August 1999

Photo	Post	Member
	Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Information, Defense & Security	Hon. Owen S. ARTHUR, MP

	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade	Hon. Billie A. MILLER, MP

	Attorney General & Minister of Home Affairs	Hon. David SIMMONS, MP

	Minister of Education, Youth Affairs, & Culture	Hon. Mia A. MOTTLEY, MP

	Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs, & Business Development	Hon. Ronald TOPPIN, MP

	Minister of Industry & International Business	Hon. Reginald R. FARLEY, MP

	Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development	Hon. Anthony P. WOOD, MP

	Minister of Labour, Sports, & Public Sector Reform	Hon. Rudolph GREENIDGE, MP

	Minister of Public Works & Transportation	Hon.Rommel MARSHALL, MP

	Minister of Health	Senator, the Hon. Philip GODDARD

	Minister of Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources	Hon. Rawle C. EASTMOND, MP

	Minister of Housing & Lands	Hon. Gline A. CLARKE, MP

	Minister of Social Transformation	Hon. Hamilton LASHLEY, MP

	Minister of Tourism & International Transport	Hon. Noel LYNCH, MP

	Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and the Civil Service	Senator, the Hon. Glyne MURRAY

	Parliamentary Secretary of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture	Senator the Hon. Cynthia Y. FORDE, MP

	Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources	Senator the Hon. Tyronne E. BARKER

CABINET COMPOSITION
The Cabinet consists of ministerial heads of departments and is chaired by the Prime Minister.

Compositon by Role

Ministers	14

Ministers of State	1

Parliamentary Secretaries	2

Total Members	16

Composition by Gender

Men	12

Women	4

CABINET TIMELINE

25 January 1999
On 24 January 1999, Prime Minister Owen Arthur announced an expanded 14-member Cabinet after successfully leading his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to a second successive victory in the 20 January 1999 General Election. The Cabinet was sworn in on 25 January 1999

As of 25 January 1999

Photo	Post	Member
	Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Information, Defense & Security	Hon. Owen S. ARTHUR, MP

	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade	Hon. Billie A. MILLER, MP

	Attorney General & Minister of Home Affairs	Hon. David SIMONS, MP

	Minister of Education, Youth Affairs, & Culture	Hon. Mia A. MOTTLEY, MP

	Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs, & Business Development	Hon. Ronald TOPPIN, MP

	Minister of Industry & International Business	Hon. Reginald R. FARLEY, MP

	Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development	Hon. Anthony P. WOOD, MP

	Minister of Labour, Sports, & Public Sector Reform	Hon. Rudolph GREENIDGE, MP

	Minister of Public Works & Transportation	Senator, the Hon. Philip GODDARD

	Minister of Health	Hon. H. Elizabeth THOMPSON, MP

	Minister of Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources	Hon. Rawle C. EASTMOND, MP

	Minister of Housing & Lands	Hon. Gline A. CLARKE, MP

	Minister of Social Transformation	Hon. Hamilton LASHLEY, MP

	Minister of Tourism & International Transport	Hon. George PAYNE, MP

	Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and the Civil Service	Senator, the Hon. Glyne MURRAY

	Parliamentary Secretary of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture	Senator the Hon. Cynthia Y. FORDE, MP

	Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources	Senator the Hon. Tyronne E. BARKER

BUDGETS PRESENTED UNDER THE SECOND OWEN ARTHUR ADMINISTRATION

Download	Year	Title
	2002	Financial Statement: Economic and Financial Policies of Government, Presented by the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance & Economic Affairs, Barbados, 22 October 2002

	2001	Financial Statement: Economic and Financial Policies of Government, Presented by the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister and Ministerster of Finance & Economic Affairs, Barbados, 8 August 2001

	1999	Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, Presented by the Hon. Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, 24 August 1999

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