List of prime ministers of Barbados
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This is a list of prime ministers of Barbados.
Premiers of Barbados (1954–1966)
Queen Elizabeth II in right of the United Kingdom (1954–66)
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Election | Term of office | Political party | Governor | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1 | File:Grantley Adams 1955.jpg | The Right ExcellentScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sir Grantley Herbert Adams CMGScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint Joseph (1898–1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1951 | 1 February 1954 | 17 April 1958 | Template:Ayd | BLP | Savage Arundell |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2 | File:Hugh Gordon Cummins 1955.jpg | Hugh Gordon Cummins MP for Saint Thomas (1891–1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 17 April 1958 | 8 December 1961 | Template:Ayd | BLP | Arundell Stow |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 3 | File:Errol Barrow 1968 - 2.png | The Right ExcellentScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Errol Barrow PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint John (1920–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1961 | 8 December 1961 | 30 November 1966 | Template:Ayd | DLP | Stow |
Prime Ministers of Barbados (1966–present)
Queen Elizabeth II in right of Barbados (1966–2021)
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Election | Term of office | Political party | Governor-General | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 1 | File:Errol Barrow 1968 - 2.png | The Right ExcellentScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Errol Barrow PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint John (1920–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1966 | 30 November 1966 | 8 September 1976 | Template:Ayd | DLP | Stow Scott |
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| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2 | File:Tom Adams (politician).jpg | The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tom Adams QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint Thomas (1931–1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1976 | 8 September 1976 | 11 March 1985<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Template:Ayd | BLP | Ward Springer |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3 | File:Harold St. John.png | The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sir Harold Bernard St. John KAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Christ Church East Central (1931–2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 11 March 1985 | 29 May 1986 | Template:Ayd | BLP | Springer |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:Errol Barrow 1968 - 2.png | The Right ExcellentScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Errol Barrow PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint John (1920–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1986 | 29 May 1986 | 1 June 1987<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Template:Ayd | DLP | Springer |
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 4 | File:Sandiford in US (cropped).jpg | The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford KAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint Michael South (1937–2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 1 June 1987 | 7 September 1994 | Template:Ayd | DLP | Springer Barrow |
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| rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5 | File:Owen Arthur-2.jpg | The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Owen Arthur PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint Peter (1949–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1994 | See also § Arthur Cabinet | BLP | Barrow Husbands | ||
| 7 September 1994 | 16 January 2008 | Template:Ayd | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 6 | File:David John Howard Thompson - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010 (cropped).jpg | The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". David Thompson QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint John (1961–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2008 | 16 January 2008 | 23 October 2010<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Template:Ayd | DLP | Husbands |
| rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 7 | File:Freundel Stuart.jpg | The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Freundel Stuart PCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint Michael South (born 1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | See also § Stuart Cabinet | DLP | Husbands Belgrave Mason | ||
| 23 October 2010 | 25 May 2018 | Template:Ayd | ||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
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2018 | 25 May 2018 | 30 November 2021 | Template:Ayd | BLP | Mason |
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Republic (2021–present)
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Election | Term of office | Political party | President | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:2019 Mia Mottley (cropped).jpg | The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mia Mottley QCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Saint Michael North East (born 1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2022 | 30 November 2021 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | BLP | Mason Bostic |
Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the prime ministers of Barbados. They are listed in order of first assuming office.
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The following chart lists prime ministers by lifespan (living prime ministers on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige.
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See also
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- Ilaro Court
- Elections in Barbados
- Politics of Barbados
- Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
- Governor-General of Barbados
- List of Commonwealth of Nations prime ministers
- List of current members of the British Privy Council
Notes
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