2017 in Barbados
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This article lists events from the year 2017 in Barbados.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Elizabeth II[1]
- Governor-General: Elliott Belgrave (until 30 June); Philip Greaves (acting) (from 1 July)
- Prime Minister: Freundel Stuart
Events
- September – Hurricane Irma
Sports
- 14 to 30 July – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships with 4 competitors.
- 4 to 13 August – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics with 7 competitors (5 men and 2 women) in 6 events.
Deaths
- 13 July – Keith Baird, Barbadian-born American linguist (born 1923).[2]
- 11 October – Clifford Husbands, politician and judge, Governor-General 1996–2011 (b. 1926).[3]
- 9 December – Charles Skeete, economist and diplomat (born c. 1938).[4]
References
- ^ "Barbados : Constitution and politics | The Commonwealth". thecommonwealth.org. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Keith Baird, Linguist Who Fought the Use of ‘Negro,’ Dies at 94
- ^ "Former Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands dies". Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Economist Charles Skeete passes away
Links
Media related to 2017 in Barbados at Wikimedia Commons
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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.  †Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.  ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia. 
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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