Barbados has elected a new president. Dame Sandra Mason, 72, was elected into office this week after winning two-thirds of vote during a joint session of the Caribbean nation’s House of Assembly and Senate, reports CNN.
Mason will replace Queen Elizabeth as the head of state in the nation’s process of becoming a republic. RELATED: Queen Elizabeth Spent Night In Hospital After Cancelling Northern Ireland Trip Prime Minister Mia Mottley called the election a “seminal moment” in Barbados’ history.
Mottley added, “We have just elected from among us a woman who is uniquely and passionately Barbadian, does not pretend to be anything else [and] reflects the values of who we are.” The Queen is still head of state in more than a dozen other
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