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Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry

President, World Maritime University (WMU)

By Celia Konowe

Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, presi- Born and raised in the Commonwealth was a farmer, educator, and politician, dent of the World Maritime University of Dominica, Doumbia-Henry grew up teaching at a local school and serving (WMU) in Sweden, is a leader on issues surrounded by maritime culture, where as both a member of Parliament and in impacting the international shipping in- the Caribbean Sea and the shipping in- various ministerial positions. After her dustry, maritime law and gender equality dustry have a large impact on the econ- mother’s death during her teen years, in ocean-related ? elds. A distinguished omy and daily life. Her professional in- her father single-handily supported the academic in the ? eld of international terests and successes can be credited to family while raising nine children.

law, justice drives her motivation for both her island upbringing and paternal Soon after, Doumbia-Henry left home social and environmental change on a guidance and support. Cited as a source to attend the Cave Hill Campus of the global scale. of inspiration, Doumbia-Henry’s father University of West Indies in Barbados,

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