Laura Tucker-Longsworth

Laura Tucker-Longsworth OBE is a politician and nurse in Belize. In January 2017, she became the Speaker of the Belize House of Representatives.^[1][2]

Laura Tucker-Longsworth
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize
In office 13 January 2017 – 6 October 2020
Prime Minister	Dean Barrow
Preceded by	Michael Peyrefitte
Succeeded by	Valerie Woods
Personal details
Nationality	Belizean
Political party	United Democratic Party (Belize)

Education

Tucker-Longsworth holds a master's degree in nursing. She is a co-ordinator for the Registered Nurse bachelor's programme at the University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize.^[3]

Career

She was a founding member of the Belize Cancer Society, also serving as its president. She is chair of the National AIDS Commission and of the disciplinary committee for the Nurses and Midwives Council of Belize. Tucker-Longsworth is also a director of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition.^[4]

In 2015, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.^[4]

References

1. "Mrs. Laura Tucker-Longsworth being sworn in as speaker of the house". United Democratic Party.
2. "House of Representatives Belize - National Assembly".
3. "The next Speaker of the House – Laura Tucker Longsworth | Amandala Newspaper". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14.
4. "The next Speaker of the House – Laura Tucker Longsworth". Amandala. December 17, 2016.