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Dennis Wardlow
Dennis Wardlow in 1995
Prime Minister of the Conch Republic
Assumed office
April 23, 1982
Preceded byPosition established
Mayor of Key West
In office
1995–1997
Preceded byTom Sawyer
Succeeded bySheila Mullins
In office
1991–1995
Preceded byTony Tarracino
Succeeded byTom Sawyer
In office
1981–1983
Preceded byCharles "Sonny" McCoy
Succeeded byRichard Heyman
Personal details
Bornc. 1954

Dennis Wardlow (born c. 1944) is a former mayor of Key West, Florida, having served on three occasions.

He is best known for being the prime minister of the Conch Republic, the micronation that seceded from the United States on April 23, 1982, in protest over a United States Border Patrol blockade which severely damaged the tourism economy of the Florida Keys. In 2006 he heard that the US would shut down fort Jefferson he sent a naval force to take back fort Jefferson but the park rangers wrote trespassing citations