Novelle Francis

Novelle Francis

President of the Virgin Islands Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Donna Frett-Gregory
Succeeded by	Milton E. Potter
In office May 15, 2019 – January 11, 2021
Preceded by	Kenneth Gittens
Succeeded by	Donna Frett-Gregory
Vice President of the Virgin Islands Legislature
In office January 11, 2021 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Myron Jackson
Succeeded by	Marvin Blyden
Member of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Incumbent
Assumed office January 12, 2015
Police Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Police Department
In office May 2009 – August 2011
Governor	John de Jongh
Preceded by	James McCall
Succeeded by	Henry White Jr.

Personal details
Born	St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Avril Johnson
Education	John Jay College

Novelle E. Francis Jr. is a United States Virgin Islands politician, who is the current President of the Legislature since 2023. He served as Vice President of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. Prior to becoming a Senator, Francis was the Police Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Police Department.^[1]

References

^ Staff. "Senate President: Senator Novelle E. Francis, Jr". Legislature of the Virgin Islands. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

External links

Official biography from the Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Political offices
Preceded by Kenneth Gittens	President of the Virgin Islands Legislature 2019–2021	Succeeded by Donna Frett-Gregory
Preceded by Donna Frett-Gregory	President of the Virgin Islands Legislature 2023–present	Incumbent
Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Preceded by Myron Jackson	Vice President of the Virgin Islands Legislature 2021–2023	Succeeded by Marvin Blyden

v t e Political officials of the United States Virgin Islands
U.S. House	Stacey Plaskett, Delegate
Executive government	Albert Bryan, Governor Tregenza Roach, Lieutenant Governor Gordon C. Rhea, Attorney General (appointed) Kevin McCurdy, Finance Commissioner (appointed)
Legislature	Novelle Francis, President Marvin Blyden, Vice President Kenny Gittens, Majority Leader Vacant, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Rhys Hodge, Chief Justice Maria Cabret Ive Swan Harold Willocks 1 vacant, Associate Justices

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United States Senate: ▌Kamala Harris (D), ▌Patty Murray (D)
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Italics indicate presidents pro tempore *Unicameral body

v t e Speakers of U.S. lower houses
United States House of Representatives: ▌Mike Johnson (R)
AL ▌Ledbetter (R), ▌Pringle (R) AK ▌Tilton (R/C) AZ ▌Toma (R), ▌Grantham (R) AR ▌Shepherd (R), ▌Eubanks (R) CA ▌Rivas (D), ▌Wood (D) CO ▌McCluskie (D), ▌Kennedy (D) CT ▌Ritter (D), ▌Godfrey (D) DE ▌Vacant FL ▌Perez (R), ▌Duggan (R) GA ▌Burns (R), ▌Jones (R) HI ▌Nakamura (D), ▌Ichiyama (D) ID ▌Moyle (R) IL ▌Welch (D), ▌Gordon-Booth (D) IN ▌Huston (R), ▌Karickhoff (R) IA ▌Grassley (R), ▌Wills (R) KS ▌Hawkins (R), ▌Carpenter (R) KY ▌Osborne (R), ▌Meade (R) LA ▌DeVillier (R), ▌Johnson (R) ME ▌Fecteau (D) MD ▌Jones (D), ▌Stein (D) MA ▌Mariano (D), ▌Hogan (D) MI ▌Tate (D), ▌Pohutsky (D) MN ▌Hortman (DFL), ▌Wolgamott (DFL) MS ▌White (R), ▌Barton (R) MO ▌Plocher (R), ▌Henderson (R) MT ▌Regier (R), ▌Knudsen (R) NE ▌Kelly (R), ▌Arch (R)* NV ▌Yeager (D), ▌Monroe-Moreno (D) NH ▌Packard (R), ▌Sanborn (R) NJ ▌Coughlin (D), ▌Wimberly (D) NM ▌Martínez (D) NY ▌Heastie (D), ▌Aubry (D) NC ▌Moore (R), ▌Stevens (R) ND ▌Johnson (R) OH ▌Stephens (R), ▌Oelslager (R) OK ▌McCall (R), ▌Hilbert (R) OR ▌Fahey (D), ▌Holvey (D) PA ▌McClinton (D) RI ▌Shekarchi (D), ▌Kennedy (D) SC ▌Smith (R), ▌Pope (R) SD ▌Bartels (R), ▌Stevens (R) TN ▌Sexton (R), ▌Marsh (R) TX ▌Phelan (R), ▌Geren (R) UT ▌Schultz (R), ▌Dunnigan (R) VT ▌Krowinski (D) VA ▌Scott (D) WA ▌Jinkins (D), ▌Vacant WV WI ▌Vos (R), ▌Petersen (R) WY ▌Sommers (R), ▌Stith (R) Federal districts: DC ▌Mendelson (D)* Territories: AS ▌Ale (R) GU ▌Terlaje (D)* MP ▌Villagomez (I) PR ▌Hernández (PPD/D), ▌Varela (PPD/D) VI ▌Francis (D)*
Italics indicate speakers pro tempore *Unicameral body

v t e Members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
35th Virgin Islands Legislature (2023–2025) President of the Senate Novelle Francis (D) Majority Leader Kenneth Gittens (D) Vice President Marvin Blyden (D)
▌Angel Bolques Jr. (D) ▌Franklin D. Johnson (I) ▌Diane T. Capehart (D) ▌Javan E. James, Sr. (D) ▌Kenneth Gittens (D) ▌Marise James (D) ▌Novelle Francis (D) ▌Samuel Carrion (I) ▌Alma Francis-Heyliger (I) ▌Carla J. Joseph (D) ▌Donna Frett-Gregory (D) ▌Dwayne M. DeGraff (I) ▌Ray Fonseca (D) ▌Marvin Blyden (D) ▌Milton E. Potter (D)
▌Democratic (11) ▌Independent (4)

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