Kenneth Andrew Charles Benjamin is a Caribbean jurist born on 19 March 1955 in Georgetown, Guyana, holding dual Guyanese and Antiguan and Barbudan nationality. He earned his law degree from the Hugh Wooding Law School at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago in 1977 and began his career as a magistrate in Georgetown before serving as Chief Magistrate of Antigua from 1991 to 1993. He then served as a High Court judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, sitting in Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Grenada and St Lucia, before his appointment as the tenth Chief Justice of Belize, a post he held from 15 September 2011 until his mandatory retirement on 20 March 2020.
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Source New Chief Justice, Louise Blenman, sworn in, Amandala
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1. Kenneth Benjamin (judge) (Wikipedia)
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A dual national of Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda, he served as Chief Justice of Belize from 15 September 2011 to 20 March 2020.
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Kenneth Andrew Charles Benjamin (born 19 March 1955) is a Caribbean jurist.
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Wikidata Q6389858, P27 country of citizenship claim
P27 (country of citizenship): Guyana
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P19 (place of birth): Georgetown
View the SourceNew Chief Justice, Louise Blenman, sworn in, Amandala
Member Of: Supreme Court of Belize, Opening paragraph, predecessor Chief JusticeQuote, Member Of: Supreme Court of Belize, Opening paragraph, predecessor Chief Justice
Blenman will be replacing Kenneth Benjamin, who retired in March 2020.
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