Julian Hunte 729781 159176977 2007-09-20T15:06:00Z Newyorkbrad 990214 fix reference to Presidency of UN General Assembly and add link [[Image:William Graham and Julian Hunte.jpg|thumb|Hunte (''right'') with [[Bill Graham]]]] Dr. '''Julian Robert Hunte''' [[O.B.E.]] (born [[14 March]] [[1940]] in [[Castries]]) was the [[foreign minister]] of [[Saint Lucia]] from April 2001 to [[26 October]] [[2004]], when he was succeeded by [[Petrus Compton]]. He is the Permanent Representative (or [[Ambassador]]) for Saint Lucia to the [[United Nations]], after presenting his credentials to the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] on [[7 December]] [[2004]]. Hunte was also the [[President of the General Assembly|President]] of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] during its 58th regular session (2003–2004). He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE), in recognition of his dedicated service to the Government and people of Saint Lucia, in 1979. ==Political career== He first entered politics in 1967, serving as a councillor, and then as [[mayor]] of Castries from 1970 to 1971. He joined the [[Saint Lucia Labour Party]] in 1978, and became leader of the party in 1984. He was elected to the [[House of Assembly of Saint Lucia]] in 1987, and was Leader of the Opposition until 1996, when he was replaced by [[Dr. Kenny Anthony|Kenny Anthony]]. In 2001, Robert Hunte was appointed to the [[Senate of Saint Lucia]] and was invited by the [[Prime Minister of Saint Lucia]] to join the Cabinet that same year as foreign minister. Hunte stood for election in the constituency of Gros Islet in the general election of [[11 December]] [[2006]], but was defeated by [[Lenard Montoute]] of the [[United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)|United Workers Party]] (UWP). ==Other work and background== Hunte's educational background is in [[Business Administration]] and [[accounting]]. In addition to his diplomatic work, he is currently [[Chairman]] and [[Chief Executive]] of the Julian R. Hunte Group of Companies, with a network of agencies dealing with insurance, real estate and packaging and storage. He has also been the Chair of the Saint Lucia National Development Corporation, which is the country's principal [[development agency]]. He also served as Director of the Saint Lucia Development Bank, and the National Commercial Bank of Saint Lucia. Hunte has played [[cricket]] at a national level in Saint Lucia, and has participated as an administrator at the national, regional and international levels. He has been President of the Saint Lucia National Cricket Association and of the [[Windward Islands]] Cricket Board of Control, and as Vice-President of the [[West Indies Cricket Board]], which he has represented on the [[International Cricket Council]], the institution responsible for international governance of the game. He is married to Charlotte Elizabeth Jennifer Hunte (''née'' Clarke), and has four children. {{start box}} {{succession box|before=[[Jan Kavan]]|title=[[President of the United Nations General Assembly]]|years=2003–2004|after=[[Jean Ping]]}} {{end box}} {{UNGAPres}} ==External links== *[http://www.un.org/ga/president/58/office/president.html UN biography] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunte, Julian}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Ambassadors to the United Nations]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Saint Lucian politicians]] [[Category:Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly]] {{Caribbean-politician-stub}} [[de:Julian Hunte]] [[es:Julian Hunte]] [[pl:Julian Hunte]] [[fi:Julian Hunte]]