List of prime ministers of Saint Lucia

This is a list of prime ministers of Saint Lucia. The prime minister is the head of government of Saint Lucia. The prime minister heads the executive branch and chairs the cabinet.

Constitutional basis

Section 60 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia provides that the prime minister must be a member of the House of Assembly and that the governor-general shall "appoint a member of the House who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the members of the House", or if the House is dissolved, "a person who was a member of the House immediately before the dissolution". The same section requires the governor-general to remove the prime minister from office if a resolution of no confidence is passed and the prime minister does not resign within three days. The office of prime minister also becomes vacant if the holder ceases to be a member of the House of Assembly.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Status

Symbols

Template:Note label Died in office

Chief ministers of Saint Lucia (1960–1967)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party	Template:Abbr
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1		George Charles Template:Small	1961	1 January 1960	April 1964	Template:Age in years and months	SLP	<ref name="officehistory">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2		John Compton Template:Small	1964	April 1964	1 March 1967	Template:Age in years and months	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" />

Premier of Saint Lucia (1967–1979)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party	Template:Abbr
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 1		John Compton Template:Small	1969 1974	1 March 1967	22 February 1979	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" />

Prime ministers of Saint Lucia (1979–present)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party	Template:Abbr
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 1		John Compton Template:Small	—	22 February 1979	2 July 1979	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2		Allan Louisy Template:Small	1979	2 July 1979	4 May 1981	Template:Ayd	SLP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3		Winston Cenac Template:Small	—	4 May 1981	17 January 1982	Template:Ayd	SLP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | —		Michael Pilgrim Template:Small	—	17 January 1982	3 May 1982	Template:Ayd	PLP	<ref name="officehistory" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | Template:Small		John Compton Template:Small	1982 [[6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election|1987 Template:Small]] [[30 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election|1987 Template:Small]] 1992	3 May 1982	2 April 1996	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 4		Vaughan Lewis Template:Small	—	2 April 1996	24 May 1997	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5		Kenny Anthony Template:Small	1997 2001	24 May 1997	11 December 2006	Template:Ayd	SLP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | Template:Small		Sir John Compton Template:Small	2006	11 December 2006	7 September 2007Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 6		Stephenson King Template:Small	—	7 September 2007	30 November 2011	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small		Kenny Anthony Template:Small	2011	30 November 2011	7 June 2016	Template:Ayd	SLP	<ref name="officehistory" />
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 7		Allen Chastanet Template:Small	2016	7 June 2016	28 July 2021	Template:Ayd	UWP	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small		Philip J. Pierre Template:Small	2021	28 July 2021	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	SLP	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Saint Lucia. They are listed in order of office (Compton and Anthony are shown in order of their first premierships).

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See also

• Governor-General of Saint Lucia
• Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia