Philip Greaves
Sir Philip Greaves, KA is a Barbadian retired politician and former cabinet minister.
Early life
Greaves is a barrister and former teacher.Political career
In 1965, he was appointed as a Cabinet Minister by the then-Premier, Errol Walton Barrow. The following year, in 1966, he was chosen as part of the delegation to England to negotiate for Barbados' Independence, and remains the only surviving member of the delegation. He has been a member of the Democratic Labour Party since 1966. In 1971 he was appointed to the Senate of Barbados and as minister of home affairs. Later in 1971 he was elected to the House of Assembly of Barbados, and he was appointed as minister of housing and labour until the election defeat in 1976. In 1986 he was appointed as minister of transport, works and communications.Greaves served as the deputy prime minister of Barbados from 1 June 1987 until 6 September 1994 under Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. He later served as acting governor-general of Barbados from 1 July 2017 until 8 January 2018.