List of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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".<ref>Template:Cite constitution</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite constitution</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties and other affiliations

Chief ministers of Saint Vincent (1960–1969)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Ebenezer Joshua Template:Small	1961 1966	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30 May 1967	Template:Ayd	PPP
2		Milton Cato Template:Small	1967	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27 October 1969	Template:Ayd	SVLP

Premiers of Saint Vincent (1969–1979)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Milton Cato Template:Small	—	27 October 1969	13 April 1972	Template:Ayd	SVLP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2		James Fitz-Allen Mitchell Template:Small	1972	14 April 1972	8 December 1974	Template:Ayd	Independent
Template:Small		Milton Cato Template:Small	1974	8 December 1974	27 October 1979	Template:Ayd	SVLP

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

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Milton Cato Template:Small	1979	27 October 1979	30 July 1984	Template:Ayd	SVLP
2		Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell Template:Small	1984 1989 1994 1998	30 July 1984	27 October 2000	Template:Ayd	NDP
3		Arnhim Eustace Template:Small	—	27 October 2000	29 March 2001	Template:Ayd	NDP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4		Ralph Gonsalves Template:Small	2001 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025	29 March 2001	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	ULP

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They are listed in order of office (Cato and Mitchell are shown in order of their first premierships).

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Further reading

• Template:Cite book

See also

• Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines