| Dr. the Hon. Timothy Sylvester Harris | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 August 2001 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Cuthbert Sebastian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1964 Tabernacle, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Political party | SKNLP |
Dr. the Hon. Timothy Sylvester Harris (born 1964 in Tabernacle, Saint Kitts) has been the foreign minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis since August 10, 2001. Harris grew up in the rural village of Tabernacle. He attended the Cayon High School and Basseterre High School before making his journey to six university campuses, two in the Caribbean and four in Canada.
In 1988, Harris graduated from the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies with a B.Sc degree with a First Class Honours in Accounting. The only graduate of the B.Sc Accounting programme to obtain this distinction. He also received the Victor Crooke Prize for Best Accounting Student. He returned home and worked for two years at managerial level with S. L. Horsfords and Co Ltd.
In 1990-92 he pursued his M.Sc degree in Accounting at the St Augustine Campus of UWI in Trinidad. He graduated top of the class with an M.Sc degree with a Distinction in Accounting.
In 2001 Harris successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. The doctoral programme is a joint Ph.D programme involving Concordia University, Mc Gill and two French Universities H.E.C. and UQAM. Harris holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Administration majoring in Accounting.
Harris participated in elective politics in 1993 and since then won his seat in each parliamentary elections held in 1995, 2000 and 2004. Dr Harris has served the country with distinction in every field in which he was given the opportunity to serve: Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Housing, Minister of Education, Labour and Social Security, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Industry and Commerce. He has published several works and received several awards. Including the St Kitts Youth Council Award for Excellence in Education, the FESTAB Community Award for outstanding contribution to FESTAB and a certificate for outstanding contribution to the Cayon High School.