List of heads of government of Dominica

Template:Short description Template:Politics of DominicaTemplate:More citations needed This article lists the heads of government of Dominica.

The Prime Minister of Dominica is the head of government under the system implemented by the Constitution of 1978, the year of Dominica's independence.

The current Prime Minister of Dominica is Roosevelt Skerrit, since 8 January 2004.

List of officeholders

Political parties

Status

Symbols

Template:Note label Died in office

Chief ministers of Dominica (1960–1967)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:No image.png	Frank Baron Template:Small	—	1 January 1960	21 January 1961	Template:Age in years and days	DUPP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:No image.png	Edward Oliver LeBlanc Template:Small	1961 1966	21 January 1961	1 March 1967	Template:Age in years and days	DLP

Premiers of Dominica (1967–1978)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1	File:No image.png	Edward Oliver LeBlanc Template:Small	1970	1 March 1967	27 July 1974	Template:Age in years and days	DLP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:No image.png	Patrick John Template:Small	1975	28 July 1974	2 November 1978	Template:Age in years and days	DLP

Prime ministers of Dominica (1978–present)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1	File:No image.png	Patrick John Template:Small	—	3 November 1978	25 June 1979	Template:Age in years and days	DLP
—	File:No image.png	Oliver Seraphin Template:Small	—	25 June 1979	21 July 1980	Template:Age in years and days	DDLP<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:Eugenia Charles.jpg	Eugenia Charles Template:Small	1980 1985 1990	21 July 1980	14 June 1995	Template:Age in years and days	DFP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3	File:Edison James visits EU (cropped).jpg	Edison James Template:Small	1995	14 June 1995	3 February 2000	Template:Age in years and days	UWP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4	File:Rosie Douglas (cropped).jpg	Rosie Douglas Template:Small	2000	3 February 2000	1 October 2000Template:Ref label	Template:Age in years and days	DLP
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 5	File:Pierre Charles 2003 (cropped).jpg	Pierre Charles Template:Small	—	1 October 2000	3 October 2000	Template:Age in years and days	DLP
3 October 2000				6 January 2004Template:Ref label
—	File:Osborne Riviere EC.jpg	Osborne Riviere Template:Small	—	6 January 2004	8 January 2004	Template:Age in years and days	DLP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 6	File:Swearing in of His Excellency Charles A Savarin, DAH, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica (31312241638).jpg	Roosevelt Skerrit Template:Small	2005 2009 2014 2019 2022	8 January 2004	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days Template:Small	DLP

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Dominica. They are listed in order of office.

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See also

• List of presidents of Dominica
• Premier of Dominica
• Prime Minister of Dominica
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• PRIME MINISTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA