Vernon Shaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vernon Shaw

President of Dominica

Date of Birth: 13-May-1930

Place of Birth: Roseau, Saint George Parish, Dominica

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2013

Profession: politician

Nationality: Dominica

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Vernon Lorden Shaw (13 May 1930 – 2 December 2013) was the fifth President of Dominica, in office from 1998 to 2003. Shaw was an alumnus of the Dominica Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford.
He was a career civil servant, rising to the post of Cabinet Secretary in 1977, and retiring in 1990.Shaw was elected to a five-year term as President by the House of Assembly on 2 October 1998, as the candidate of the United Workers' Party (UWP).
The secret ballot, party-line vote was 18-13.
He took office on October 6, 1998, following the expiration of President Crispin Sorhaindo's single five-year term.
Shaw left office on 1 October 2003, and was succeeded by Nicholas Liverpool.
He died on 2 December 2013 at the age of 83.