What is Vere Bird?
{{Infobox Prime Minister |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = Sir Vere Bird |honorific-suffix = [[Order of the National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda)|KNH]] |image = Vere Bird.jpg |imagesize = |order1 = |office1 = 1st [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda]] |term_start1 = 1 November 1981 |term_end1 = 9 March 1994 |monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]] |governor-general1 = [[Wilfred Jacobs]]<br>[[James Carlisle]] |predecessor1 = Position Established |successor1 = [[Lester Bird]] |birth_date = 9 December 1910 |birth_place = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]], [[British Leeward Islands]] |death_date ={{death date and age|1999|6|28|1910|12|9|df=y}} |death_place = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]], Antigua and Barbuda |party = [[Antigua Labour Party|Labour]] |religion = |spouse = |children = |alma_mater = |profession = }} '''Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr.''', [[Order of the National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda)|KNH]] (9 December 1910 – 28 June 1999) was the [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda#Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda, 1981-present|first Prime Minister]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]]. His son, [[Lester Bryant Bird]], replaced him as Prime Minister. In 1994, he was made a [[Order of the National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda)|Knight of the Order of the National Hero]] (KNH) by his native country [[Antigua and Barbuda]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://antiguaobserver.com/sir-lester-bird-receives-abs-highest-national-honour/|title = Sir Lester Bird receives A&B’s highest national honour|date = 2014|access-date = 10 January 2016|publisher = The Daily Observer|archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001312/http://antiguaobserver.com/sir-lester-bird-receives-abs-highest-national-honour/|url-status = dead}}</ref