Louise Lake-Tack
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| Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack GCMG DStJ |
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| Assumed office 17 July 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Baldwin Spencer |
| Preceded by | James Carlisle |
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| Born | 26 July 1944 Saint Phillip's, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Profession | Nurse Lawyer |
Dame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack, GCMG, DStJ (born July 26, 1944) is the current Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. She took office on July 17, 2007.[1] She is the first female Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.
Lake-Tack was born in the Parish of St. Phillips's on the island of Antigua. She was educated at Freetown Government School before attending the Antigua Girls High School in St. John's.[2]
After graduation, she migrated to the United Kingdom where she studied nursing at Charing Cross Hospital. Following the completion of her studies, she worked first at the National Heart Hospital and later at the Harley Street Clinic.[2]
Lake-Tack later studied and graduated in law and subsequently served as a magistrate at both Marylebone and Horseferry Magistrate Courts. She also sat at Pocock Street Crown Court and Middlesex Crown Court to hear appeal cases from the lower courts.[2]
Lake-Tack served as a member of the Antigua and Barbuda National Association (London) for the 24 years preceding her appointment as Governor-General.[2]
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| Preceded by James Carlisle |
Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda 2007 – present |
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