page_title: Louis Straker
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Straker / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Sir Louis Straker, K.C.M.G., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mrs. Straker.
context_page_description: Sir Louis Hilton Straker, KCMG is a politician and is the Second Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He has been Deputy Prime Minister since 2015. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade from 2001 to May 17, 2005 when he was transferred to the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing during a cabinet reshuffle. He became Foreign Minister again in December 2005. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in December 2005.
context_section_description: In the 2001 general election his party gained 69.2% of the vote. The Unity Labour Party gain government and Louis Straker was elected to house of parliament.
  In the 2015 general election his party gained 52.28% of the vote with a total of 34,246 of the votes. Louis was once again elected to house of parliament for Central Leeward.
caption: Louis Straker with Obamas
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