Ernest Hilaire

Ernest Hilaire is a Saint Lucian politician who is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information. Hilaire also serves as the 1st Deputy Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Hilaire serves in the House of Assembly as the representative for Castries South. Hilaire is the former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom for Saint Lucia. He served in opposition from 2016 till the landslide victory of the Saint Lucia Labour Party in the 2021 general election.

Education In the 1990s Hilaire obtained a Bachelor of Science degree at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies.

Post career Hilaire served as the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1999. Hilaire became the chief executive officer of The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on 1 October 2009.

Hilaire was appointed deputy prime minister on 7 January 2022.