Barbados PM Mia Mottley sworn in after 2nd consecutive elections

Barbados PM Mia Mottley sworn in after 2nd consecutive elections

Question: Which Prime Minister of Barbados has been sworn in for a second straight term in office in January 2022?
(a) Mia Mottley
(b) Sandra Mason
(c) Santia Bradshaw
(d) Erna Solberg
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:

  • Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley was sworn in for a second term in office following a landslide victory by her party in the 2022 election.
  • Mottley is serving as the Prime Minister of Barbados since 2018.
  • She is the leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008.
  • Mottley is the first woman prime minister of the country as well as first PM under a republic system.
  • Mottley’s Barbados Labor Party seemed to have secured all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.
  • The lower house of the island’s Parliament, giving the island’s first female leader a second term as prime minister.
  • Santia Bradshaw is the deputy Prime Minister of Barbados.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

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