Dwight Raleigh (Pacifica)
Dwight Valerius Raleigh | |
|---|---|
 Raleigh in 2018 | |
| Primus Minister (Prime Minister) of Livana | |
| Assumed office 6 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Gertrude Alston |
| Collegiate Speaker | |
| In office 9 January 2000 – 2 January 2005 | |
| President | Peter Trenton |
| Preceded by | Marius Grant |
| Succeeded by | Milhover Menton |
| Minister of Economy and Trade | |
| In office 2 February 1990 – 2 January 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Terrence Vallius |
| Preceded by | Alba Rosario |
| Succeeded by | Morabund Cassius |
| Representative of the Parliament | |
| In office 2 January 1995 – 6 June 2023 | |
| Constituency | 6th Livonia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dwight Valerius Raleigh 19 March 1943 Livonia, Southern Liv |
| Political party | Liberal Party (since 1980) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Clinton House |
| Alma mater | Livonia State University |
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Dwight Raleigh, (born 19 March 1943) is a Livanan economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Livana since June 2023, leading a Liberal government in the wake of the 2023 Livanan Parliamentary Crisis.
Raleigh served as Minister of Economy and Trade from 1990 to 1995 under the administration of Prime Minister Terrence Vallius for his well known expertise in economics. Before that, Raleigh served as rector and president of Livonia State University between 1985 to 1990. After the end of Vallius' administration, Raleigh ran as a Representative from the 6th Livonia electoral district and won a slim majority there. He then went on to be elected as Collegiate Speaker after the 2005 election after securing his district with a larger share of votes until his term end in 2010. He still hold his electoral district to this day.
On 2nd of June 2023, in the midst of a parliamentary crisis, Raleigh led the Liberal Party within the Forward Coalition in the 2023 Snap Election and won the majority seat in the College of Representative, defeating the People's Coalition in a close margin.
Raleigh has been the president of the Liberal Party, a centrist political party in Livana.