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October 25, 2021

Barbados Elects First-Ever President to Replace British Queen as Head of State
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Barbados has elected its first-ever president, who will replace the
U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth as head of state. Sandra Mason, Barbados's
governor-general, received a two-thirds majority vote in Parliament last
week. She will be sworn in as president on November 30, the 55th
anniversary of Barbados's independence from Britain.


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