Pearlette Louisy

Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy GCSL, GCMG
Governor-General of Saint Lucia
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 September 1997
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Kenny Anthony John Compton Stephenson King
Preceded by	George Mallet
Personal details
Born	(1946-06-08) 8 June 1946 Laborie, Saint Lucia
Alma mater	University of the West Indies Laval University University of Bristol

Dame (Calliopa) Pearlette Louisy GCSL GCMG (born 8 June 1946) is the Governor-General of Saint Lucia. She is the first woman to hold this office, which she was sworn into on 19 September 1997.

Born in the village of Laborie she attended the Laborie Infant School and Primary Schools. In 1960 she proceeded to the Saint Joseph's Convent on the Javouhey Scholarship. In 1966, a year after the completion of her secondary education she was awarded the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) scholarship to pursue a Bachelors’ Degree in English and French at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados.

In 1972, she was awarded the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan to pursue a M.A. degree in Linguistics, in the field of Didactics at the Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada. In 1991, she proceeded to the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom where she read for a Ph.D. degree in Education. ^{[citation needed]}

Louisy has contributed significantly to the development of Education in Saint Lucia, having spent most of her professional life in the teaching profession. During the periods 1969-72 and 1975-76 she taught at the St Joseph's Convent. From 1976-86, she served as a tutor of French, and was subsequently appointed as Principal of the St. Lucia A Level College. When the A Level College and Morne Technical School merged into the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, she first served as Dean, and was subsequently appointed as the Vice Principal and Principal of the College. ^{[citation needed]}

In 1999 Louisy was awarded with the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) by the University of Bristol. On 16 July 1999 Louisy was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.^[1]

Honours

National Honours

• -  Saint Lucia : Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Lucia (Her Excellency ... GCSL)

Commonwealth Honours

• -  United Kingdom : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (Dame ... GCMG)

See also

• List of Governors-General of Saint Lucia
• Politics of Saint Lucia
• List of national leaders

References

External links

• Office of the Governor General