Joseph Parry

Joseph Walcott Parry was born in Cotton Ground, educated in Charlestown Secondary School and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Economics at the University of the West Indies.

Parry served as President of Nevis Cricket association for over ten years, as Nevis representative on the Leeward Islands Cricket Association for six years and represented Leeward Islands Cricket Association on the West Indies Cricket Board of Control.

Personal achievements Joseph Parry spent most of his civil career as a teacher at the Charlestown Secondary School. He became the leader of Nevis Reformation Party in 1992. Following the 1993 elections, he was appointed as Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism in the minority government with People's Action Movement.

Parry was Premier of Nevis from July 2006 to January 2013.

In the 10 July 2006 Island Assembly election, Parry's NRP won three out of five seats, ending the 14-year rule of the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM).

Joseph Parry was responsible for establishing the social security office and is considered to be responsible for the Nevis Civil service structure after Nevis' independence in 1983.