Mark Brantley
| The Honourable Mark Brantley | |
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 Brantley in 2015 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 22 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Patrice Nisbett |
| Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis | |
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In office 2007–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 January 1969 (age 47) Saint George Gingerland Parish, British West Indies |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies; Norman Manley Law School; University of Oxford (St Catherine's College) |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Mark Brantley (born 11 January 1969) is a politician from St Kitts and Nevis. Since 2015 he has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for St Kitts and Nevis.[1] Brantley also serves as the Deputy Premier of Nevis.
Career
Legal career
Brantley is a lawyer by profession and has acted in several notable cases including international litigation[2] He attended secondary school at Charlestown Secondary School. He completed his higher education at the University of the West Indies where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, Upper Second Class Honours. He then attended the Norman Manley Law School where he received a Legal Education Certificate of Merit. He completed his studies at St Catherine's College, a college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom (which he attended as a Commonwealth Scholar) where he completed a Bachelor of Civil Law. Brantley has been admitted to the bar in St Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica.
Political career
Brantley serves as a member of the National Assembly, representing the conservative, Nevis-based Concerned Citizens' Movement. He serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the St. Christopher and Nevis Federal Government. He is also the Deputy Premier of the Nevis Island Administration and holds the portfolio of Minister of Tourism, Health, Culture, Youth, Sports, and Community Development in that government. From 2007-2015 he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. He hosts a weekly two hour political talk-show on VON Radio 895am.
Personal life
Brantley is married with two daughters.[3] He lists his favourite music as Reggae.