Oswald Skippings

Oswald Skippings
2nd Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands
In office 3 March 1988 – 3 April 1991
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Michael J. Bradley
Preceded by	Nathaniel Francis
Succeeded by	Washington Misick
In office 19 June 1980 – 4 November 1980
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	John Clifford Strong
Preceded by	James Alexander George Smith McCartney
Succeeded by	Norman Saunders
Personal details
Born	Oswald O'Neil Skippings (1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 (age 71) Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands
Political party	Progressive Democratic Alliance (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	People's Democratic Movement (before 2016)

Oswald O'Neil Skippings (born 19 February 1953) is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who served as the 2nd Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 19 June 1980 to 4 November 1980 and again from 3 March 1988 to 3 April 1991.

Skippings became the youngest member of a Caribbean government ever when he was first elected to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) legislature in 1976 at the age of 22. He later became the youngest leader of a Caribbean government ever when he became Chief Minister in 1980 at the age of 26. Skippings was Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands between June and November 1980 and again between March 1988 and April 1991. In July 2012, he was re-elected leader of the People's Democratic Movement.[1]

References

1. PDM elects a new leader^[usurped]

Political offices
Preceded by James Alexander George Smith McCartney	Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1980	Succeeded by Norman Saunders
Preceded by Office suspended 1986–1988 Title last held by Nathaniel Francis	Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1988–1991	Succeeded by Washington Misick