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This article contains a list of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Constitutional basis

The office of prime minister is established by section 51 of the country's constitution, which provides that the governor-general shall appoint as prime minister the member of the House of Assembly "who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the Representatives".[2]

Section 51(6) of the constitution requires the governor-general to remove the prime minister from office if the House of Assembly passes a motion of no confidence, unless within three days the prime minister either resigns or advises the governor-general to call an election.[3]

List of officeholders

Chief ministers of Saint Vincent (1960–1969)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Ebenezer Joshua
(1908–1991)
1961
1966
9 January 1960[4] 30 May 1967 7 years, 141 days People's Political Party
2 Milton Cato
(1915–1997)
1967 30 May 1967[5] 27 October 1969 2 years, 150 days Saint Vincent Labour Party

Premiers of Saint Vincent (1969–1979)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Milton Cato
(1915–1997)
27 October 1969 13 April 1972 2 years, 169 days Saint Vincent Labour Party
2 James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
(1931–2021)
1972 14 April 1972 8 December 1974 2 years, 238 days Independent
(1) Milton Cato
(1915–1997)
1974 8 December 1974 27 October 1979 4 years, 323 days Saint Vincent Labour Party

Prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Milton Cato
(1915–1997)
1979 27 October 1979 30 July 1984 4 years, 277 days Saint Vincent Labour Party
2 Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
(1931–2021)
1984
1989
1994
1998
30 July 1984 27 October 2000 16 years, 89 days New Democratic Party
3 Arnhim Eustace
(born 1944)
27 October 2000 29 March 2001 153 days New Democratic Party
4 Ralph Gonsalves
(born 1946)
2001
2005
2010
2015
2020
29 March 2001 Incumbent 22 years, 364 days Unity Labour Party

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Finance of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5 September 2018). "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-05.
  2. ^ Article 51, Section 1–2 of the Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
  3. ^ Article 51, Section 6 of the Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
  4. ^ "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 93 No. 3". 9 January 1960. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 100 No. 34". 30 May 1967. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

Further reading

See also