Dame Eugenia Charles DBE
Prime Minister of Dominica
In office 21 July 1980 – 14 June 1995
President	Aurelius Marie Clarence Seignoret Crispin Sorhaindo
Preceded by	Oliver Seraphin
Succeeded by	Edison James
Personal details
Born	(1919-05-15)15 May 1919 Pointe Michel, Dominica
Died	6 September 2005(2005-09-06) (aged 86) Fort-de-France, Martinique
Political party	Freedom Party
Alma mater	University of Toronto London School of Economics

Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, DBE (15 May 1919 – 6 September 2005) was a Dominican politician and lawyer. She was the 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.^[1]

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