Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley
Minister for Health and Social Development
Ninth District Representative
DATE OF BIRTH: 21st June 1965
PROFESSION: Educator
EDUCATION: 1997 - 1998
MA, Mathematics Education
University of Leeds, UK
1985 - 1989
BS, Mathematics/Computer Science,
Freed-Hardeman College, Tennessee, USA
MARITAL STATUS & NO. OF CHILDREN:
Married and three (3) children
CAREER:
July 2007 – September 2018
Sister Islands Coordinator, Deputy Governor’s Office
2002 - 1988
Assistant Principal/Teacher
Bregado Flax Educational Centre – Secondary Division
AFFILIATION:
Member, Rotary Club of Road Town, British Virgin Islands
INTEREST/
RECREATIONS:
Reading, Hiking, Music, Traveling
OFFICE: Minister for Health and Social Development
CAREER: April 2023 to Present: Minister for Health and Social Development;
March 2019 - May 2022: Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration
YEAR FIRST ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT:
2019
POLITICAL PARTY:
Virgin Islands Party
CPA CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, VISITS ATTENDED:
Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Antigua, 24-31 May, 2024
28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28), Dubai, 1-9 December 2023
36th OECS PPS Policy Board Meeting and 9th Council of Ministers Health, BVI (Chair), 9-12 October, 2023
Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Barbados, 11-16 June, 2023
26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), United Kingdom, 28 October 2021 - 12 November 2021.
Approved Destination Status Ceremony, Hong Kong, 3-8 December 2019.
6th Council of Ministers Environmental Sustainability Meeting, Martinique, 13 - 18 May 2019.
Special Sitting in honor of the late Honourable Justice Redhead, Antigua, 25 March 2019.
- House of Assembly, Richard C. Stout Building, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands
- Postal Address: P.O. Box 2390, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110