Education
University of the West Indies.
University of the West Indies.
He worked in the British Virgin Islands for ten years before returning to Barbados. He was elected to Parliament as Member of Parliament for Saint Philip South in the 2008 election. He was named AG and Minister of Home Affairs in July 2010, to replace Freundel Stuart who had been elevated to acting Prime Minister.
Brathwaite grew up in Marchfield, Saint Philip Parish.
He did his primary education at Street Martins Primary (now Reynold Weekes Primary) and his secondary education at Harrison College. He went on to the University of the West Indies for his Bachelor of Laws, and then earned his Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School.
Brathwaite is a member of the Democratic Labour Party.