| Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
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 Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Residence | Prime Minister's Official Residence, Kingstown |
| Appointer | Governor-General |
| Term length | Five years |
| Inaugural holder | Ebenezer Joshua (as Chief Minister) Milton Cato (as Premier) |
| Formation | 27 October 1979 |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Salary | 150,454 Eastern Caribbean dollars/55,724 USD annually[1] |
| Website | www |
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| Administrative divisions (parishes) |
This article contains a list of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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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, 307 days | Unity Labour Party |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Article 51, Section 1–2 of the Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
- ^ Article 51, Section 6 of the Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
- ^ "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 93 No. 3". 9 January 1960. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 100 No. 34". 30 May 1967. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
Further reading
- Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1979 (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2024 – via Constitute Project.
See also
- Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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† Served as Chief Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, ‡ Served as Premier of St Vincent and the Grenadines. | ||
This page was last edited on 30 January 2024, at 06:22