What is Kennedy Simmonds?
[[File:Kennedy Simmonds 2020.jpg|thumb|Kennedy Simmonds (2020)]] '''Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] (born 12 April 1936), is a [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] politician. Simmonds was a founding member of the [[People's Action Movement]] (PAM) party. He was the Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 21 February 1980,<ref>{{cite book|last=Cameron|first=Sarah|title=Caribbean Islands|year=2004|publisher=Footprint|location=Bath, England|isbn=978-1-903471-71-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G74-rZzX64cC&dq=%22Kennedy+Simmonds%22&pg=PA548|edition=15th|access-date=24 January 2011|page=548}}</ref> until the twin-island state gained independence from the [[United Kingdom]] on 19 September 1983. He later became the 1st [[Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis]]. He was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1995. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Kennedy}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis]] {{bio-stub}}