BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur, and the longest serving head of government for the Caribbean nation, died on July 27.
He was 71.
Arthur, an economist, was admitted last month at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after suffering heart related complications. The nation mourned his loss.
“The government of Barbados extends sincerest condolences to his wife, Julie, his daughters Leah and Sabrina and his extended family,” a government statement noted.
Arthur served as prime minister on three occasions, between Sept. 1994 to Jan. 2008. He was leader of the Opposition in Barbados from Aug. 1, 1993 to Sep. 6, 1994; and from Oct. 23, 2010 to Feb. 21, 2013.
