2003
George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (born 1934)
George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (born 1934)
George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (born 1934)
George Odlum
Saint Lucian diplomat (died 2003)
- Died
- 2003
George Odlum was a Saint Lucian left-wing politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Born in Castries, Odlum studied at Bristol University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom before returning to Saint Lucia as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade. After working for the Commonwealth Secretariat and the West Indies Associated States, he formed the Saint Lucia Forum, a left-wing pressure group. This group merged with the Saint Lucia Labour Party in time for the 1974 elections; although the Party did not win, the progress they made allowed them to take power in 1979, with Odlum as Deputy Prime Minister.