(CARICOM)- Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Sir Lester Bird has died.

The Office of the Prime Minister, in making the announcement, said Sir Lester died at 6:00 this morning.

Sir Lester served as Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister between 1994 and 2004.  He also served earlier in several Ministerial positions including Tourism and Economic Development.

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The government has ordered that flags should be flown at half-staff beginning immediately, and  that planning begins for a State Funeral at a date to be decided.