What is Eugenia Charles?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Dame Eugenia Charles |honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] |image = Eugenia Charles.jpg |office = [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] |president = [[Aurelius Marie]]<br>[[Clarence Seignoret]]<br>[[Crispin Sorhaindo]] |term_start = 21 July 1980 |term_end = 14 June 1995 |predecessor = [[Oliver Seraphin]] |successor = [[Edison James]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1919|5|15|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Pointe Michel]], [[Dominica]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|6|1919|5|15|df=y}} |death_place = [[Fort-de-France]], [[Martinique]] |party = [[Dominica Freedom Party|Freedom Party]] |alma_mater = [[University of Toronto]]<br>[[London School of Economics]] }} [[Dame (title)|Dame]] '''Mary Eugenia Charles''', [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (15 May 1919 – 6 September 2005) was a [[Dominica]]n politician and lawyer. She was the [[Prime Minister of Dominica|Prime Minister]] of [[Dominica]] serving from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. She was Dominica's first, and to date only, female prime minister, as well as the nation's longest-serving prime minister. Charles died in [[Fort-de-France]], [[Martinique]] from a [[pulmonary embolism]] caused by [[hip surgery]] that she had a few days before. She was 86 years old.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |first= Polly |last= Pattullo|title= Obituary: Dame Eugenia Charles |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/sep/08/guardianobituaries.pollypattullo|work= [[The Guardian]]|date= 8 September 2005|access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.caricom.org/jsp/projects/personalities/dame_mary.jsp?menu=projects Caricom Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610033648/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/projects/personalities/dame_mary.jsp?menu=projects |date=2007-06-10 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Eugenia}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Mi