About Hilbourne Frank
Lived 1932 – 2020 (aged 87–88). Hilbourne Frank was a politician.
Sir Thomas Hilbourne Frank (6 December 1931 - 29 March 2020) was a politician from Antigua and Barbuda. He was a political leader of the Barbuda People's Movement, which favours greater independence of Barbuda from Antigua and supports the United Progressive Party.
He served as Chairman of the Barbuda Council on two occasions – from 1979 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1997. He also served as Barbuda's sole member of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda between 1989 and 2004. In 2004, he retired as a legislator; he was knighted later that year.
During the independence era, Frank hoped to block Antigua and Barbuda's membership bid to join the United Nations. Frank also hoped to make Barbuda a UN trust territory or a part of another sovereign state.
He died on March 29, 2020, at age 88, in Codrington, Barbuda.
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Who was Hilbourne Frank?
Barbudan politician
When was Hilbourne Frank born?
Hilbourne Frank was born in 1932.
When did Hilbourne Frank die?
Hilbourne Frank died on 29 March 2020 in Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda.
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Hilbourne Frank was a politician.
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Hilbourne Frank's recorded nationality: Antigua and Barbuda.
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