Conrad Maduro

Conrad Antonio Maduro is a veteran politician in the British Virgin Islands and longtime leader of the United Party. Remarkably, Conrad Maduro has led his party to victory at three different general elections, but has never been appointed Chief Minister.

In the 1967 general election, Maduro as President led the United Party to victory, but lost his individual seat to Isaac Glanville Fonseca. As he was not elected, Lavity Stoutt was appointed Chief Minister in his stead.

In the 1971 general election, Maduro won his seat, but the United Party lost power.

In the 1975 general election, the United Party once again won the general election, but Maduro lost his seat. However, as the party formed a coalition with Willard Wheatley, the incumbent Chief Minister, it is highly unlikely Maduro would have been appointed Chief Minister even if he had won.

In the 1983 general election, the United Party won the general election, and Maduro won his seat. However, the party again needed to form a coalition, and formed it with Cyril Romney with Cyril Romney becoming Chief Minister.

Maduro

Maduro is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Calvin Maduro (born 1974), Aruban professional baseball player

Clayon Maduro (born 1989), Aruban professional footballer

Conrad Maduro, British Virgin Islands politician

George Maduro (1916–1945), Dutch World War II hero

Hedwiges Maduro (born 1985), Dutch football player

Miguel Poiares Maduro (born 1967), Portuguese politician and lawyer

Nicolás Maduro (born 1962), Venezuelan politician

Ricardo Maduro (born 1946) Honduran politician and bank chairman

Ryan Maduro (born 1986), American professional soccer player

Maduro (musician), electronic music artist

Conrad

Conrad may refer to:

People

Conrad (name)

Places

United States

Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community

Conrad, Indiana, an unincorporated community

Conrad, Iowa, a city

Conrad, Montana, a city

Conrad Glacier, Washington

Elsewhere

Conrad, Alberta, Canada, a former unincorporated community

Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

Mount Conrad, Oates Land, Antarctica

Businesses

Conrad Editora, Brazilian publisher

Conrad Hotels, global luxury brand of Hilton Hotels

Conrad Models, German manufacturer of diecast toys and promotional models

Conrad Electronic, is a European online retailer organization in technical products

Other uses

Conrad (comic strip)

CONRAD (organization), an American organization which promotes reproductive health in the developing world

ORP Conrad, name of the cruiser HMS Danae (D44) while loaned to the Polish Navy (1944-1946)

Conrad II of Italy

Conrad II (12 February 1074 – 27 July 1101) was the Duke of Lower Lorraine (1076–87), King of Germany (1087–98) and King of Italy (1093–98). He was the second son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Bertha of Savoy, and their eldest son to reach adulthood, his older brother Henry having been born and died in the same month of August 1071. Conrad's rule in Lorraine and Germany was nominal. He spent most of his life in Italy and there he was king in fact as well as in name.

Childhood

Conrad was born on 12 February 1074 at Hersfeld Abbey while his father was fighting against the Saxon Rebellion. He was baptised in the abbey three days later. After Henry's victory against the Saxons, he arranged for an assembly at Goslar on Christmas Day 1075 to swear an oath recognising Conrad as his successor. After the death of Duke Godfrey IV of Lower Lorraine on 22 February 1076, Henry refused to appoint the late duke's own choice of successor, his nephew, Godfrey of Bouillon, and instead named his two-year-old son Duke of Lower Lorraine. He did appoint Albert III of Namur, the deceased duke's brother-in-law, as his son's vice-duke (vicedux) to perform the daily functions of government. He also allowed the march of Antwerp to pass to Godfrey of Bouillon. The total absence of Conrad from his duchy caused or abetted the decline of ducal authority in it. In 1082, while Conrad was in Italy, the peace of God was introduced into the diocese of Liège.

Conrad (comic strip)

Conrad was a comic strip about "America's favorite frog prince". Written and illustrated by Bill Schorr, the strip was launched November 8, 1982. Syndicated by Tribune Media Services, it had a run for over three years, ending June 7, 1986.

Characters and story

The frog Conrad, needing money to pay his bookie, convinces the fat, dim-witted fairy tale princess that he is an enchanted prince who can be turned into a human by a kiss.

Other characters include the princess' father, the King, who is skeptical that Conrad is a prince, and resident witch Aggie, who grants spells and potions to the princess. Fido, the princess's pet alligator, thinks he is a dog.

More by Schorr

The strip did not catch on and was dropped in the summer of 1986. The award-winning editorial cartoonist Bill Schorr, however, went on to create three more comic strips–The Grizzwells (1987–present), Phoebe's Place (1990-1991) and Lunchbucket (1993, with Rex May).

Books

Two Conrad book collections were published in 1985.