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An Installation Ceremony for the new Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett, will be held on Monday 16 August 2021, from 10:00 a.m. ECT.<\/p>

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The Chairman of\u00a0CARICOM, Prime Minister Hon Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, will welcome the new Secretary-General and bring greetings from the Conference of\u00a0CARICOM\u00a0Heads of Government.<\/p>\n

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Dr Barnett will address the Ceremony and is expected to outline her vision and indicate some matters that will occupy her immediate attention.<\/p>\n

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Belizean Dr Barnett has served in the past as the first woman and the youngest person appointed as Deputy-Secretary of\u00a0CARICOM\u00a0(1997 -2002).\u00a0 She is an economist who has also broken other barriers while working across the English-speaking Caribbean, including becoming the first woman appointed as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, and as Financial Secretary, in Belize.\u00a0 She also worked at the Caribbean Development Bank as Country Economist and Vice President, Operations.<\/p>\n

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She is a long-time advocate for gender-equality, \u201cnot only because it is the right thing to do to create a more stable and equitable society, but also because gender equality is good economic policy\u201d.<\/p>

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Dr Barnett takes over from Dominican Economist Ambassador Irwin LaRocque who served from 2011-2021.\u00a0 She becomes the 8th<\/sup>\u00a0Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its predecessor the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), following these other distinguished servants of the Caribbean Community:<\/p>\n

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