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{{Infobox Governor
| name = Calliopa Pearlette Louisy
| honorific-suffix = <br><small>[[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] ([[University of Bristol|Bri]], [[Honorary degree|hc]])</small>
| image = Replace_this_image_female.svg
| order = [[List of Governors-General of Saint Lucia|Governor General of Saint Lucia]]
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]
| primeminister = [[Kenny Anthony]]<br>[[John Compton]]<br>[[Stephenson King]]<br>[[John Compton]]<br>[[Stephenson King]]
| term_start = [[17 September]] [[1997]]
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[George Mallet]]
| successor =
| birth_date = {{bda|1946|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Laborie, Saint Lucia|Laborie]], [[Saint Lucia]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of the West Indies]]<br>[[Université Laval|Laval University]]<br>[[University of Bristol]]
}}
'''Dame Calliopa Pearlette Louisy''' [[GCMG]] (born [[8th June]] [[1946]]) is the [[Governor-General]] of [[Saint Lucia]]. She is the first woman to hold this office, which she was sworn into on [[September 19]], [[1997]]. Born in the village of [[Laborie]] she attended the Laborie Infant School and Primary Schools. In 1960 she proceeded to the Saint Joseph's Convent on the Javouhey Scholarship.
In 1966, a year after the completion of her secondary education she was awarded the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] (CIDA) scholarship to pursue a Bachelors’ Degree in English and French at the [[University of the West Indies]] at Cave Hill, Barbados.
In 1972, she was awarded the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan to pursue a Masters Degree in Linguistics, in the field of Didactics at the [[Université Laval]] in Quebec City, Canada.
In 1991, she proceeded to the [[University of Bristol]] in the United Kingdom where she read for a PhD in Education.
Dame Louisy has contributed significantly to the development of Education in Saint Lucia, having spent most of her professional life in the teaching profession. During the periods 1969 - 1972 and 1975 - 1976 she taught at the St Joseph’s Convent.
From 1976-86, she served as a tutor of French, and was subsequently appointed as Principal of the St. Lucia A'level College. When the A'level College and Morne Technical merged into the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, she first served as Dean, and was subsequently appointed as the Vice Principal and Principal of the College.
In 1999, she was awarded with the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws ( LL.D) by the University of Bristol. In that same year, Her Majesty the Queen of St. Lucia, Elizabeth II, conferred on her the title of Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
==See also==
*[[List of Governors-General of Saint Lucia]]
*[[Politics of Saint Lucia]]
*[[List of national leaders]]
==External links==
*[http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/agencies/office_of_the_governor_general.htm Office of the Governor General]
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