Dennis Wardlow
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Dennis Wardlow | |
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Prime Minister of the Conch Republic | |
Assumed office April 23, 1982 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Mayor of Key West | |
In office 1995–1997 | |
Preceded by | Tom Sawyer |
Succeeded by | Sheila Mullins |
In office 1991–1995 | |
Preceded by | Tony Tarracino |
Succeeded by | Tom Sawyer |
In office 1981–1983 | |
Preceded by | Charles "Sonny" McCoy |
Succeeded by | Richard Heyman |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 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
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