Editing Lester Bird (section)

{{Short description|Antiguan politician (1938–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = Sir Lester Bird
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=AG|size=100%|KNH}}
| image               = File:Lester Bird, 2014.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2014
| order1              = 2nd
| office1             = Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
| term_start1         = 9 March 1994
| term_end1           = 24 March 2004
| monarch1            = [[Elizabeth II]]
| governor-general1   = [[James Carlisle]]
| predecessor1        = [[Vere Bird]]
| successor1          = [[Baldwin Spencer (politician)|Baldwin Spencer]]
| office3             = [[Finance Minister of Antigua and Barbuda]]
| primeminister3      = Vere Bird
| term_start3         = 1991
| term_end3           = 1991
| predecessor3        = [[John Eugene St. Luce]]
| successor3          = [[Molwyn Joseph]]
| office4             = <!-- [[Finance Minister of Antigua and Barbuda]] -->
| primeminister4      = Himself
| term_start4         = 2001
| term_end4           = 2003
| predecessor4        = John Eugene St. Luce
| successor4          = [[Robin Yearwood]]
| office5             = [[Leader of the Opposition (Antigua and Barbuda)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start5         = March 2009
| term_end5           = December 2012
| predecessor5        = [[Steadroy Benjamin]]
| successor5          = [[Gaston Browne]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|2|21}}
| birth_place         = New York City, US
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|8|9|1938|2|21}}
| death_place         = [[Hodges Bay]], [[Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint John]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AOWHQrkVVrwcrRg&cid=DA08716EA0F69FB4&id=DA08716EA0F69FB4%21516&parId=DA08716EA0F69FB4%21106&o=OneUp|title = OneDrive}}</ref>
| nationality         = Antiguan and Barbudan
| party               = [[Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party|Labour]]
| religion            = 
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
| alma_mater          = [[University of Michigan]]
| profession          = 
| module              = {{Infobox |child=yes |headerstyle=background:lavender; |header1=
{{Infobox sportsperson
| child = yes
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagIOCteam|BWI|1960 Summer}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games|1959 Chicago]] | Long jump }}
}}}}
}}

'''Sir Lester Bryant Bird''' {{post-nominals|country=AG|KNH}} (21 February 1938 – 9 August 2021) was an Antiguan politician and athlete who served as the second [[prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda]] from 1994 to 2004. He was chairman of the [[Antigua Labour Party]] (ALP) from 1971 to 1983, then became prime minister when his father, [[Vere Bird|Sir Vere Bird]], the previous prime minister, resigned.