List of presidents of Dominica

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Government House in Roseau, the residence of the president of Dominica

The President of Dominica is the head of state under the system implemented by the Constitution of 1978, the year of Dominica's independence.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Unlike other former British colonies in the region, Dominica did not retain Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General, as head of state, on its independence, instead electing to become a parliamentary republic with a President as ceremonial head of state, a compromise between the governing Dominica Labour Party, which favoured retaining the monarchy, and the opposition Dominica Freedom Party, which favoured a republic with an executive presidency.<ref>Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutional Law, Routledge, 2013, page 198]</ref><ref>Surrogates for the Sovereign: Constitutional Heads of State in the Commonwealth, David Butler, Springer, 1991, page 173</ref>

The current president is Sylvanie Burton, since 2 October 2023.

List of officeholders

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Political parties and other affiliations

Status

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| —	File:No image.png	Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue Template:Small	—	3 November 1978	16 January 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 1	File:No image.png	Fred Degazon Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1978	16 January 1979	29 January 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| —	File:No image.png	Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	—	15 June 1979	16 June 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| —	File:Jenner Armour (cropped).jpg	Jenner B. M. Armour Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	—	21 June 1979	25 February 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 2	File:No image.png	Aurelius Marie Template:Small	1980<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	25 February 1980	19 December 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 3	File:No image.png	Clarence Seignoret Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1983 1988	19 December 1983	25 October 1993	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 4	File:No image.png	Crispin Sorhaindo Template:Small	1993	25 October 1993	5 October 1998	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 5	File:No image.png	Vernon Shaw Template:Small	1998	6 October 1998	1 October 2003	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 6	File:Nicholas Liverpool.jpg	Nicholas Liverpool Template:Small	2003 2008	1 October 2003	17 September 2012	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 7	File:No image.png	Eliud Williams Template:Small	2012	17 September 2012	2 October 2013	Template:Age in years and days	DLP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 8	File:Swearing in of His Excellency Charles A Savarin, DAH, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica (44464022734).jpg	Charles Savarin Template:Small	2013 2018	2 October 2013	2 October 2023	Template:Age in years years	DLP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 9	File:Sylvanie Burton (cropped).jpg	Sylvanie Burton Template:Small	2023	2 October 2023	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	DLP

See also

• List of colonial governors and administrators of Dominica
• List of heads of government of Dominica
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• Official site of the President's Office, Commonwealth of Dominica
• World Statesmen - Dominica