Michael Oliver Powell

Michael Powell is a Kittitian politician and former deputy prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Michael Powell
Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
In office 1980 – April 1992
Prime Minister	Kennedy Simmonds
Preceded by	Charles Egbert Mills
Succeeded by	Sydney Earl Morris
Personal details
Born	Michael Oliver Powell (1939-04-10) April 10, 1939 (age 86)
Political party	People's Action Movement

Powell was born on 10 April 1939.^[1] He had a private business from 1966 to 1980.^[2]

In 1965 Powell was one of the founding members of People's Action Movement (PAM).^[2] He became secretary-general of the opposition-controlled Working People's Union. In 1976, Powell was elected vice-president of the People's Action Movement in 1976 when Kennedy Simmonds was elected party leader.^[1]

In the 1980 elections, when PAM came to power, Powell was elected to the National Assembly.^[2] Simmonds appointed him as deputy prime minister.^[1] He also held the additional portfolio of minister of agriculture.^[1] He later received the additional portfolio of minister of tourism. Powell was sacked from the cabinet by Kennedy Simmonds on 1 April 1992.^[3]