The First Prime Minister of Dominica, Mr. Patrick Roland John has died.
Mr. John died at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital on Tuesday, July 6 2021 at the age of 83.
Mr. John was the last Premier of Dominica, and it was during his premiership Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom after which he became the first Prime Minister of Dominica.
Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit expressed sympathies with the family of the deceased. He stated that Mr. Patrick John greatly contributed to the development of Dominica.
“It is with sadness that I have learnt of the passing of our first Prime Minister, Patrick Roland John better known as PJ. I therefore wish on behalf of the Government and the people of Dominica and on my own behalf and that of my family, to extend sincere condolences to his wife and his children on their loss. One can say whatever they want about Patrick John but we cannot erase the fact that he made a tremendous contribution to Dominica’s development. There are a number of interventions that he would have done in his tenure as premier and the Prime Minister of Dominica,” Hon. Skerrit stated.