 ralph everard gonsalves (born 8 august 1946) is the prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines, and leader of the unity labour party (ulp).profile, caribbeanelections.com; accessed 1 september 2014. he became prime minister after his party won a majority government in the 2001 general election. he is the first prime minister from the newly constructed ulp, following a merger of the saint vincent and the grenadines labour party and the movement for national unity.profile, caribbeanelections.com; accessed 1 september 2014. gonsalves has been member of parliament (mp) for the constituency of north central windward since 1994. in 1994, upon the formation of the unity labour party he became deputy leader, and became leader of the party in 1998. gonsalves' ulp won another majority government in 2005 general election, winning 12 seats. on 13 december 2010, gonsalves' ulp was re-elected, showing a decrease in the popular vote and winning 8 seats.profile, caribbean360.com; accessed 1 september 2014. ==early life and education== gonsalves was born in colonarie, saint vincent, british windward islands to theresa (nÃ©e francis) and alban gonsalves. he attended colonarie roman catholic school, and later the st vincent grammar school. gonsalves then enrolled at the university of the west indies, where he completed a bachelor's degree in economics. he later returned
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