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David John Howard Thompson QC MP (25 December 1961〔(Rulers )〕 – 23 October 2010〔(Barbados in mourning: PM Thompson is dead )〕) was the sixth Prime Minister of Barbados from January 2008 until his death from pancreatic cancer on 23 October 2010. Thompson is the third sitting Prime Minister of Barbados to die in office following the deaths of Tom Adams in 1985 and Errol Barrow in 1987. He is also the 7th head of government of a CARICOM country to die in office since CARICOM was founded in 1973.〔 ==Early life== Thompson was born in London〔("Thompson: 'much at stake for Barbados'" ), BBC Caribbean, 16 January 2008.〕 to Charles Thompson, an Afro-Barbadian porter and painter, and Margaret Knight, a White Barbadian author,secretary and nurse.〔 Both parents remained strong influences in Thompson's life. Thompson was brought up with his three siblings at Fitts Village, Saint James.〔 Thompson attended primary school at St Gabriel’s Junior School and secondary school at Combermere School. He earned a Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School.〔 Thompson graduated with honors from the University of the West Indies law school in 1984.〔 He was admitted to the Barbados bar in 1984 and taught as a part-time tutor in law at the University of the West Indies from 1986 to 1988.〔 His law firm was Thompson & Associates. Thompson was married to Mara Thompson (née Giraudy),〔 who was born in Saint Lucia.〔 The couple had three daughters - Misha, Oya and Osa-Marie.〔 The family resided in Mapps, St. Philip, though Thompson resided at the official Prime Minister's residence Ilaro Court from 2008 until 2010.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Thompson (Barbadian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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