Virginia Albert-Poyotte | |
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Member of Parliament for Babonneau | |
Assuming office 26 July 2021 | |
Succeeding | Ezechiel Joseph |
Minister for the Public Service, Home Affairs, Labour and Gender Affairs. | |
Assumed office 5 August 2021 [1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Virginia Albert Plateau, Babonneau [2] |
Political party | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
Virginia Albert-Poyotte, OBE,[3] is a Saint Lucian politician and former veteran educator. She is the Minister for the Public Service, Home Affairs, Labour and Gender Affairs.[4] Poyotte, the endorsed Saint Lucia Labour Party candidate[5] was elected at the 2021 Saint Lucian General Election as the representative in the House of Assembly for the constituency of Babonneau.[6]
Poyotte taught at the Babonneau and the Laguerre Primary Schools from 1971 to 1988.[6] Poyotte once served as the president of the Saint Lucia Teachers Union[5] and General Secretary to the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) .[7]