List of prime ministers of Barbados

This is a list of prime ministers of Barbados.

Premiers of Barbados (1953–1966)

Queen Elizabeth II in right of the United Kingdom (1953–66)

  Barbados Labour (2)   Democratic Labour (1)
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectionTerm of officePolitical partyGovernor
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 The Right Excellent
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams
CMG QC
MP for Saint Joseph
(1898–1971)
19511 February
1953
17 April
1958
5 years, 75 daysBLPSir Alfred Savage
Brigadier Robert Arundell
1956
2 Hugh Gordon Cummins
MP for Saint Thomas
(1891–1970)
17 April
1958
8 December
1961
3 years, 235 daysBLPBrigadier Sir Robert Arundell
Sir John Montague Stow
3 The Right Excellent
Errol Barrow
PC QC
MP for Saint John
(1920–1987)
19618 December
1961
30 November
1966
4 years, 357 daysDLPSir John Montague Stow

Prime Ministers of Barbados (1966–present)

Queen Elizabeth II in right of Barbados (1966–2021)

  Democratic Labour Party (4)   Barbados Labour Party (4)
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectionTerm of officePolitical partyGovernor-General
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 The Right Excellent
Errol Barrow
PC QC
MP for Saint John
(1920–1987)
196630 November
1966
8 September
1976
9 years, 283 daysDLPSir John Montague Stow
Sir Arleigh Winston Scott
1971
2 The Right Honourable
John "Tom" Adams
QC
MP for Saint Thomas
(1931–1985)
19768 September
1976
11 March
1985
8 years, 184 days[†]BLPSir Deighton Lisle Ward
Sir Hugh Springer
1981
3 The Right Honourable
Sir Bernard St. John
KA
MP for Christ Church East Central
(1931–2004)
11 March
1985
29 May
1986
1 year, 79 daysBLPSir Hugh Springer
(1) The Right Excellent
Errol Barrow
PC QC
MP for Saint John
(1920–1987)
198629 May
1986
1 June
1987
1 year, 3 days[†]DLPSir Hugh Springer
4 The Right Honourable
Sir Erskine Sandiford
KA PC
MP for Saint Michael South
(1937–2023)
1 June
1987
7 September
1994
7 years, 98 daysDLPSir Hugh Springer
Dame Nita Barrow
1991
5 The Right Honourable
Owen Arthur
PC
MP for Saint Peter
(1949–2020)
1994See also § Arthur CabinetBLPDame Nita Barrow
Sir Clifford Husbands
7 September
1994
16 January
2008
13 years, 131 days
1999
2003
6 The Honourable
David Thompson
QC
MP for Saint John
(1961–2010)
200816 January
2008
23 October
2010
2 years, 280 days[†]DLPSir Clifford Husbands
7 The Right Honourable
Freundel Stuart
PC QC
MP for Saint Michael South
(born 1951)
See also § Stuart CabinetDLPSir Clifford Husbands
Sir Elliott Belgrave
Dame Sandra Mason
23 October
2010
25 May
2018
7 years, 214 days
2013
8 The Honourable
Mia Mottley
QC
MP for Saint Michael North East
(born 1965)
201825 May 201830 November 20213 years, 189 daysBLPDame Sandra Mason

Republic (2021–present)

  Barbados Labour (1)
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectionTerm of officePolitical partyPresident
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 The Honourable
Mia Mottley
QC
MP for Saint Michael North East
(born 1965)
202230 November 2021Incumbent2 years, 149 daysBLPDame Sandra Mason

See also

Notes

^† Died in office.

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