Jump to content

List of prime ministers of Barbados

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of prime ministers of Barbados.

Premiers of Barbados (1954–1966)

[edit]

Queen Elizabeth II in right of the United Kingdom (1954–66)

[edit]
  Barbados Labour (2)   Democratic Labour (1)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party Governor
Took office Left office Time in office
1 The Right Excellent
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams
CMG QC
MP for Saint Joseph
(1898–1971)
1951 1 February
1954
17 April
1958
4 years, 75 days BLP Sir Alfred Savage
Brigadier Robert Arundell
1956
2 Hugh Gordon Cummins
MP for Saint Thomas
(1891–1970)
17 April
1958
8 December
1961
3 years, 235 days BLP Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell
Sir John Montague Stow
3 The Right Excellent
Errol Barrow
PC QC
MP for Saint John
(1920–1987)
1961 8 December
1961
30 November
1966
4 years, 357 days DLP Sir John Montague Stow

Prime Ministers of Barbados (1966–present)

[edit]

Queen Elizabeth II in right of Barbados (1966–2021)

[edit]
  Democratic Labour Party (4)   Barbados Labour Party (4)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party Governor-General
Took office Left office Time in office
1 The Right Excellent
Errol Barrow
PC QC
MP for Saint John
(1920–1987)
1966 30 November
1966
8 September
1976
9 years, 283 days DLP Sir John Montague Stow
Sir Arleigh Winston Scott
1971
2 The Right Honourable
John "Tom" Adams
QC
MP for Saint Thomas
(1931–1985)
1976 8 September
1976
11 March
1985
8 years, 184 days[†] BLP Sir Deighton Lisle Ward
Sir Hugh Springer
1981
3 The Right Honourable
Sir Bernard St. John
KA
MP for Christ Church East Central
(1931–2004)
11 March
1985
29 May
1986
1 year, 79 days BLP Sir Hugh Springer
(1) The Right Excellent
Errol Barrow
PC QC
MP for Saint John
(1920–1987)
1986 29 May
1986
1 June
1987
1 year, 3 days[†] DLP Sir Hugh Springer
4 The Right Honourable
Sir Erskine Sandiford
KA PC
MP for Saint Michael South
(1937–2023)
1 June
1987
7 September
1994
7 years, 98 days DLP Sir Hugh Springer
Dame Nita Barrow
1991
5 The Right Honourable
Owen Arthur
PC
MP for Saint Peter
(1949–2020)
1994 See also § Arthur Cabinet BLP Dame Nita Barrow
Sir Clifford Husbands
7 September
1994
16 January
2008
13 years, 131 days
1999
2003
6 The Honourable
David Thompson
QC
MP for Saint John
(1961–2010)
2008 16 January
2008
23 October
2010
2 years, 280 days[†] DLP Sir Clifford Husbands
7 The Right Honourable
Freundel Stuart
PC QC
MP for Saint Michael South
(born 1951)
See also § Stuart Cabinet DLP Sir Clifford Husbands
Sir Elliott Belgrave
Dame Sandra Mason
23 October
2010
25 May
2018
7 years, 214 days
2013
8 The Honourable
Mia Mottley
QC
MP for Saint Michael North East
(born 1965)
2018 25 May 2018 30 November 2021 3 years, 189 days BLP Dame Sandra Mason

Republic (2021–present)

[edit]
  Barbados Labour (1)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party President
Took office Left office Time in office
(8) The Honourable
Mia Mottley
QC
MP for Saint Michael North East
(born 1965)
2022 30 November 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 22 days BLP Dame Sandra Mason

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
^† Died in office.
[edit]