Mr. Isaac D. Rankine, JP, MP
Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure and Home Affairs
Elected Member for East End
Isaac Douglas Rankine was born on 18 September 1967, to Isaac Jeralow Rankine and Rita Emelda Rankine. His grandfather was Burrell Dixon whose father was Captain George Dixon after whom the park in East End is named.
As a youngster, Isaac attended East End Primary School and then went on to Cayman Islands High School where he attained his high school diploma.
After completing high school Mr. Rankine worked for a year at the Cayman Islands Public Works Department, before going to work at Cable and Wireless in the Stores Department as an Assistant Shipping Clerk in 1985. He was promoted a year later to Shipping Clerk and was later transferred to the Engineering Department dealing primarily with the business and banking sector.
In the early 90s, Mr. Rankine attended the Cable & Wireless (C&W) College in the UK and completed the B-TEC Technician National Diploma. He also attended various industry related training and seminars in the areas of business and project management. Through hard work and dedication to his work and furthering his education, Mr. Rankine progressed through the company’s Business Unit from Technician to Technical Supervisor, and then into Customer Engineering Manager roles.
In 2003, Mr. Rankine left C&W and with a few business colleagues started Business Solutions Technologies Group Ltd., a telecoms consulting and contracting company to the telecommunications industry in Cayman and the Caribbean region.
Mr. Rankine is currently working towards completing his Bachelors of Arts in Business Management.
In the 2021 election, Mr. Rankine was elected as the representative for East End. He serves as Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure and Home Affairs, a Member of the Parliamentary Management Commission Council, and an active member of the Standing Public Accounts Committee.
Mr. Rankine has three children and three grandchildren.
The annual Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference (CWP) marked the launch of the 45th Annual General Meeting, with the Deputy Premier, Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, JP, MP, and the Speaker, Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, MP, representing the Cayman Islands. Sessions included discussions on the critical role of women in democratic governance, youth crime, the CWP constitution, and roundtable discussions on the experiences of current female parliamentarians.
“The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference sparked a number of innovative ideas for how I can empower women in my community for the next women’s month” said the Speaker. “More women should be encouraged to enter into leadership roles in politics, so I intend to give women an opportunity to learn how to debate by spending the day at Parliament with myself and other female politicians.”
Following the CWP sessions, delegates held sessions on biodiversity and food security preparedness, adapting to climate change, preparing for national disasters, promoting democracy, crime and security, banking standards, and health care. Mr. Christopher Saunders, MP, was a panelist for the session on banking standards, and provided delegates with best practices from Cayman’s financial management and legislation.
A strong contingent of nearly two-dozen youth parliamentarians gathered on 26th July for the 16th Regional Youth Parliament. The two Caymanian delegates were selected for the top two positions, with Mr. Amani Ebanks as the YP Premier, and Mr. Alex Harris as the YP Leader of the Opposition.
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