What is Patrick John?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Patrick Roland John | honorific-suffix = | image = | office = 1st [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] | president = [[Fred Degazon]] | term_start = 3 November 1978 | term_end = 21 June 1979 | predecessor = | successor = [[Oliver Seraphin]] (interim) | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|01|07}} | birth_place = [[Roseau]], [[Dominica]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|7|6|1938|01|07}} | death_place = Roseau, [[Dominica]] | party = [[Dominica Labour Party]] | alma_mater = | office2 = [[Premier of Dominica]] | predecessor2 = [[Edward LeBlanc]] | termstart2 = 28 July 1974 | termend2 = 2 November 1978 }} '''Patrick Roland John''' (7 January 1938 – 6 July 2021) was the first [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] as well as its last [[Premier of Dominica|Premier]]. He led Dominica to [[independence]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. John died at a hospital in [[Roseau]], Dominica on 6 July 2021 at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite news|title=BREAKING: Dominica’s first prime minister, Patrick John, dies|work=Dominica News Online|url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/breaking-dominicas-first-prime-minister-patrick-john-dies/}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:John, Patrick}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Dominica]] {{bio-stub}}