Her Excellency Ms. Marcella Liburd JP will be sworn in live tonight [Tuesday 31st January 2023] at 11:50pm at Government House, Springfield, Basseterre, St. Kitts as the Governor-General of Saint Kitts, and Nevis. This is a historic moment for our Federation as she will be the first female Governor-General.
Ms. Liburd will succeed His Excellency Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton GCMG, CVO, KC, JP, LL.D.
Her Excellency Marcella Liburd has served St. Kitts and Nevis in various capacities, as a teacher, lawyer, Senator, Deputy Speaker, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Cabinet Minister of the Federal Government.
Marcella Liburd obtained her Bachelor of Laws with honours in 1992 from the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) where she continued her education, earning a Legal Education Certificate from NMLS in 1994.