- Edward Richards
Infobox_Prime Minister
name = Edward Richards
order = 1stPremier of Bermuda
term_start =April 18 ,1973
term_end =December 2 ,1975
vicepresident =
predecessor =
successor = John Sharpe
birth_date = 1908
birth_place =Guyana
death_date = 1991
death_place = Bermuda
constituency =
party =United Bermuda Party
spouse =
religion =
nicknames =
languagesspoken =Sir Edward Trenton Richards (1908 – 1991) was the first Black Bermudian to head the government of
Bermuda and the first Premier ofBermuda . He was the leader of theUnited Bermuda Party (UBP) between 1971 and 1973.In 1963, Richards welcomed Emperor Haiie Selassie of
Ethiopia when Selassie visited Bermuda with this granddaughter Princess Ruth Desta.A portrait of Richards is one of eighty painted by Esther Dai for display at the Historic Museum in Bermuda.
Richards is a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha , the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans.Political life
In December 1971, Sir Edward Richards became Bermuda’s first black Government Leader. In 1973, The Constitution Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Act 1973 changed the Government Leader’s title to Premier. Richards held the position of Premier until December 1975.
Family
His son, E. T. "Bob" Richards, is a politician and member of the
House of Assembly of Bermuda for theUnited Bermuda Party .Further reading
* J. Randolf Williams, "Peaceful Warrior: Sir Edward Trenton Richards" (Camden, Hamilton, 1988) - Official biography
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