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to perform a review of the social situation of
Bermuda. The following report and its implementation led to social programmes and institutions, including the Bermuda Housing Corporation and a human rights commission. In April 1981 Gibbons presented the government's largest budget up until that point,
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Gibbons became
Finance Minister in 1975. From 1976 he managed to reach a positive government budget, which he managed to do for eleven years. With this he managed to significantly reduce the debts of Bermuda. In the mid 1970s he helped with insurance law that made the country more attractive to US
340:. His term as Finance Minister ended in 1984. He was credited as one of the designers of Bermuda's offshore financial business, and one the architects of modern Bermuda. Swan stated that under the guidance of Gibbons the legal framework for Bermuda's
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Both before and after his terms in office
Gibbons was a businessman. He ran the family business with his brother Graham, which he inherited from his father Edmund. In 1954 Gibbons became the
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Gibbons Ltd, and as of 2011 still served in that position. He managed to strengthen and expand the business in Bermuda and abroad. Gibbons served as chairman of the
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politician and businessman. He served as
Minister of Health from 1974 to 1975, Minister of Finance from 1975 to 1985 and ultimately as Premier between 1977 and 1982 for the
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at 132 million dollar. As
Premier Gibbons also had to deal with a general strike in 1981. In the wake of the strike, in late 1981, he decided to step down as Premier.
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He was an avid sportsman, playing tennis in his youth and he dived until his 70s. As a philanthropist
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Gibbons had a daughter from his first marriage. He was subsequently married to Lully
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and international business sector was laid. Gibbons was an opponent of Bermudian independence from the
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with an eulogy given by Gibbons's two sons and his successor as Premier and friend, John Swan.
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Society and with his company funds to the Bermuda Hospital. He was a
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Gibbons was born on 15 June 1927. He had an elder brother,
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incompetent stating the government racked up large debts.
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16:Bermudian politician and businessman (1927–2014)
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618:. Wiley. p. 86.
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266:Early life and career
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342:reinsurance
260:reinsurance
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223:Occupation
181:1927-06-15
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396:Nick Dill
362:Paula Cox
338:John Swan
248:Bermudian
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