Maxine McClean

Maxine McClean
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
January 2008 – May 2018[1]
Prime MinisterDavid Thompson
Freundel Stuart
Preceded byChristopher Sinckler
Succeeded byJerome Walcott
Personal details
NationalityBarbadian
Political partyDemocratic Labour Party
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
Ohio University
Louisiana State University

Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean is a Barbadian politician who served as her country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2018.[2]

Biography

McClean is a graduate of the University of the West Indies. While she was there she received second class honors in Public Administration. McClean was also a lecturer in the Department of Management Studies. In 1999, she established her own consulting firm.[3]

A few years later, in January 2008, Maxine was invited to join the Barbados Cabinet as a minister in the Prime Minister's office. Eleven months after this, she was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. McClean opened a new embassy in Brazil and appointed Yvette Goddard as the first ambassador of Barbados to Brazil in 2009.[4] In the same year she addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations.[2] In 2010 McClean opened Barbados' mission to Beijing, China, where Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford served as the first resident Ambassador to that country.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Maxine McClean Biography". Caribbean Elections. 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Foreign Minister of Barbados Addresses General Assembly". United Nations on Flickr. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ Staff Writer (2019). "Senator The Honourable Maxine McClean" (PDF). Biographical Information. Foreign.gov.bb. Government of Barbados. Ministry Of Foreign Affairs And Foreign Trade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ News, Taiwan. "Barbados to open embassy in Brazil | Taiwan News | 2009/11/12". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Barbados Government Information Service (17 July 2010). "Barbados, China hold talks". Nation Newspaper. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by Foreign Minister of Barbados
2008–2018 		Succeeded by