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|post            = Premier of Bermuda
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|image           = Edward David Burt 2017.jpg
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|incumbent       = [[David Burt (politician)|Edward David Burt]] <br /><span style="font-size:80%" class="honorific-suffix">[[Justice of the Peace|JP]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]]</span>
|incumbentsince  = 19 July 2017
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|appointer       = [[Governor of Bermuda]]
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|termlength      = [[At His Majesty's pleasure|At the governor's pleasure]]
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|formation       = 19 June 1968
|first           = [[Henry Tucker (Bermudian politician, born 1903)|Sir Henry Tucker]]<br />{{small|as Government Leader}}
|last            = 
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|website         = [http://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=897&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true/ Office of the Premier]
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{{Politics of Bermuda}}

The '''premier of Bermuda''' serves as [[head of government]] of [[Bermuda]], under appointment by the [[governor of Bermuda]], in the governor's capacity as representative in Bermuda of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British monarch]], currently [[Charles III|King Charles III]]. The position was created by Bermuda's 1968 Constitution.

Since 19 July 2017, the premier has been [[David Burt (politician)|Edward David Burt]], the leader of the [[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|Progressive Labour Party]].<ref name=bernews072017>[http://bernews.com/2017/07/video-post-election-swearing-ceremony/ Video: David Burt Sworn In As New Premier]</ref>

==List==

(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="9" |{{legend2|{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}|[[United Bermuda Party|UBP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)}}|[[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|PLP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|One Bermuda Alliance}}|[[One Bermuda Alliance|OBA]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} 
|- align=center bgcolor=#ebebeb
!rowspan=2|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!rowspan=2|Portrait
!rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!colspan=3|Term of office
!rowspan=2|Political party
!rowspan=2|Elected
!rowspan=2|Notes
|- align=center bgcolor=#ebebeb
!Took office
!Left office
!Time in office
|-
! colspan="9" | Government Leaders (1968–1973)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Henry Tucker (Bermudian politician, born 1903)|Sir Henry Tucker]]<br />{{small|(1903–1986)}}
| 10 June 1968
| 29 December 1971
| {{Age in years and days|1968|6|10|1971|12|29}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| [[1968 Bermudian general election|1968]]
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Edward Richards|Sir Edward Richards]]<br />{{small|(1908–1991)}}
| 29 December 1971 
| ''18 April 1973''
| {{Age in years and days|1971|12|29|1973|4|18}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| [[1972 Bermudian general election|1972]]
| {{small|First [[Black Bermudians|Black Bermudian]] Premier}}
|-
! colspan="9" | Premiers (1973–present)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Edward Richards|Sir Edward Richards]]<br />{{small|(1908–1991)}}
| ''18 April 1973'' 
| 29 December 1975
| {{Age in years and days|1973|4|18|1975|12|29}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| —
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[John Henry Sharpe|John Sharpe]]<br />{{small|(1921–1999)}}
| 29 December 1975
| 30 August 1977
| {{Age in years and days|1975|12|29|1977|8|30}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| [[1976 Bermudian general election|1976]]
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[David Gibbons (politician)|David Gibbons]]<br />{{small|(1926–2014)}}
| 30 August 1977
| 15 January 1982
| {{Age in years and days|1977|8|30|1982|1|15}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| [[1980 Bermudian general election|1980]]
| {{small|From 1983, Sir David Gibbons}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 4
| [[File:John Swan.jpg|80px]]
| [[John Swan (Bermudian politician)|John Swan]]<br />{{small|(born 1934)}}
| 15 January 1982 
| 25 August 1995
| {{Age in years and days|1982|1|15|1995|8|25}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| [[1983 Bermudian general election|1983]]<br />[[1985 Bermudian general election|1985]]<br />[[1989 Bermudian general election|1989]]<br />[[1993 Bermudian general election|1993]]
| {{small|From 1990, Sir John Swan. Resigned following the [[1995 Bermudian independence referendum|1995 independence referendum]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/18/world/world-news-briefs-bermuda-votes-to-stay-a-british-colony.html |title=World News Briefs; Bermuda Votes to Stay A British Colony |work=The New York Times |date=August 18, 1995 |accessdate=August 18, 2011}}</ref>}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 5
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[David Saul]]<br />{{small|(1939–2017)}} 
| 25 August 1995
| 27 March 1997
| {{Age in years and days|1995|8|25|1997|3|27}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| —
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Bermuda Party}}; color:white"| 6
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Pamela Gordon (politician)|Pamela Gordon]]<br />{{small|(born 1955)}}
| 27 March 1997
| 10 November 1998
| {{Age in years and days|1997|3|27|1998|11|10}}
| [[United Bermuda Party]]
| —
| {{small|[[List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government|First female]] Premier}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)}}; color:white"| 7
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Jennifer M. Smith|Jennifer Smith]]<br />{{small|(born 1947)}} 
| 10 November 1998
| 29 July 2003
| {{Age in years and days|1998|11|10|2003|7|29}}
| [[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|Progressive Labour Party]]
| [[1998 Bermudian general election|1998]]
|  
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)}}; color:white"| 8
| [[File:Bermuda Premier Alex Scott (cropped).JPG|80px]]
| [[Alex Scott (politician)|Alex Scott]]<br />{{small|(born 1940)}} 
| 29 July 2003
| 30 October 2006
| {{Age in years and days|2003|7|29|2006|10|30}}
| [[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|Progressive Labour Party]]
| [[2003 Bermudian general election|2003]]
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)}}; color:white"| 9
| [[File:Ewart Brown.JPG|80px]]
| [[Ewart Brown]]<br />{{small|(born 1946)}} 
| 30 October 2006
| 29 October 2010
| {{Age in years and days|2006|10|30|2010|10|29}}
| [[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|Progressive Labour Party]]
| [[2007 Bermudian general election|2007]]
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)}}; color:white"| 10
| [[File:Paula Cox 2010 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| [[Paula Cox]]<br />{{small|(born 1964?)}} 
| 29 October 2010
| 18 December 2012
| {{Age in years and days|2010|10|29|2012|12|18}}
| [[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|Progressive Labour Party]]
| —
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|One Bermuda Alliance}}; color:white"| 11
| [[File:Craig Cannonier.jpg|80px]]
| [[Craig Cannonier]]<br />{{small|(born 1962)}} 
| 18 December 2012
| 19 May 2014
| {{Age in years and days|2012|12|18|2014|5|19}}
| [[One Bermuda Alliance]]
| [[2012 Bermudian general election|2012]]
| {{small|Resigned<ref>{{cite news|last=Hainey|first=Raymond|title=Dunkley to be sworn in as Premier this morning|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140519/NEWS/140519720|newspaper=Royal Gazette|date=20 May 2014|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref>}} 
|-
! style="background:{{party color|One Bermuda Alliance}}; color:white"| 12
| [[File:Michael Dunkley 2015.jpg|80px]]
| [[Michael Dunkley]]<br />{{small|(born 1957)}} 
| 19 May 2014
| 19 July 2017
| {{Age in years and days|2014|5|19|2017|7|19}}
| [[One Bermuda Alliance]]
| —
|
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)}}; color:white"| 13
| [[File:Edward David Burt 2017.jpg|80px]]
| [[David Burt (politician)|Edward David Burt]]<br />{{small|(born 1979)}}
| 19 July 2017<ref name=bernews072017/>
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|2017|7|19}}
| [[Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)|Progressive Labour Party]]
| [[2017 Bermudian general election|2017]]<br />[[2020 Bermudian general election|2020]]<br />[[2025 Bermudian general election|2025]]
|
|}

==See also==
*[[List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies]]
*[[Governor of Bermuda]]
*[[Lists of office-holders]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=897&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true/ Office of the Premier]

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