BARBADOS — Newly installed Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Saturday, May 26, 2018 announced a 30-member Cabinet, including two ambassadorial-level advisors, on Saturday, May 26
These are former Deputy Prime Minister Dame Billie Miller, who is to be appointed Ambassador-at-Large and Plenipotentiary, and
economist Dr Clyde Mascoll, who is to be appointed as Chief Economic Counsellor in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment headed by Mottley, Barbados Today reported.
In making the announcement, the Prime Minister said Dame Billie and Mascoll would attend Cabinet as necessary given the task that is required to get Barbados out of its “perilous” economic state.
In addition to the key finance and economic affairs portfolios, the Prime Minister will also have responsibility for national security, as part of the enlarged Cabinet team, which also includes a new Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy to be headed by development specialist Kirk Humphrey; and a Ministry of the Creative Economy to be headed by entertainer John King, who will also take charge of the culture and sports portfolios.
There is also a People’s Empowerment and Elders Affairs Ministry, headed by Member of Parliament for St Thomas Cynthia Forde, as part of the new-look Cabinet, which has ten more members than the previous Freundel Stuart-led administration.
The full team is was sworn in here on Sunday.
The Primer Minister also announced a total of 12 new senators, with Barbados Labour Party (BLP) elder Sir Richard Cheltenham heading the list. He is to be appointed President of the Senate while another BLP stalwart and former Cabinet minister Rudolph “Cappy” Greenidge is due to be appointed his deputy.
