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Lester Bird
Sir Lester Bryant Bird, KNH (born 21 February 1938) was the second Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) from 1971 to 1983, then became Prime Minister when his father, Sir Vere Bird, the previous Prime Minister, resigned.
==Early life and education==
Bird was born in New York City on 21 February 1938.〔Roger East and Richard Thomas, "(Profiles of people in power: the world's government leaders )" (2003). Psychology Press, pp. 16-17.〕 Lester and his elder brother Vere Bird, Jr., also a British-educated lawyer, have been considered sometime rivals, with ''The New York Times'' writing in 1990 that Lester had always overshadowed his brother, according to those who have known them both.〔Howard W. French, "(Island's Hushed Scandals, Unhushed )", ''The New York Times'', June 16, 1990.〕〔Robert Glass, "Caribbean Island Focus of International Arms Scandal", Associated Press, May 14, 1990.〕 He was educated at Antigua Grammar School and was brought up as a Methodist. Bird was a cricket player in his youth, playing for the Leeward Islands, and a long jump champion. He attended the University of Michigan, where he was All-American long jumper in 1960 and graduated in 1962.〔〔 Bird completed his study of law in Britain and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1969. From 1969 to 1976, Bird engaged in private practice in Antigua.〔
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