Former PNCR Leader Robert Corbin passes on

Former Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, has died at the age of 78. Corbin, who is also a former Leader of the Opposition, passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He had been ailing for some time.

Corbin leaves to mourn his wife, Carol Corbin, five children including Justice Fidela Corbin, and other relatives, friends and supporters. Born as Robert Herman Orlando Corbin in Linden, Region 10, his journey in the party as one of its long-serving members began in the 1970s when he joined the PNC’s youth arm, the Young Socialist Movement (YSM), and eventually rose to the helm as its chairman.

Corbin went onto take up a seat on the party’s Central Executive Committee and later served as the General Secretary. He was also elected to the National Assembly in the 1970s and went onto serve in several senior positions, both within the party and in the PNCR Government.