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List of heads of government of Dominica
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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
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;Symbols Died in office
Chief ministers of Dominica (1960–1967)
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Dominica United People's Party}}; color:white" | 1 | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 2 |
| [[File:No image.png | 90px]] | Frank Baron | ||||||||
| (1923–2016) | — | 1 January 1960 | 21 January 1961 | DUPP | ||||||
| [[File:No image.png | 90px]] | Edward Oliver LeBlanc | ||||||||
| (1923–2004) | 1961 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 21 January 1961 | 1 March 1967 | DLP |
Premiers of Dominica (1967–1978)
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 1 | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 2 |
| [[File:No image.png | 90px]] | Edward Oliver LeBlanc | ||||||||
| (1923–2004) | 1970 | 1 March 1967 | 27 July 1974 | DLP | ||||||
| [[File:No image.png | 90px]] | Patrick John | ||||||||
| (1938–2021) | 1975 | 28 July 1974 | 2 November 1978 | DLP |
Prime ministers of Dominica (1978–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 1 | Dominica Democratic Labour Party}}; color:white" | — | Dominica Freedom Party}}; color:white" | 2 | United Workers' Party (Dominica)}}; color:white" | 3 | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 4 | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 5 | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | — | Dominica Labour Party}}; color:white" | 6 |
| [[File:No image.png | 90px]] | Patrick John | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1938–2021) | — | 3 November 1978 | 25 June 1979 | DLP | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.png | 90px]] | Oliver Seraphin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1943) | — | 25 June 1979 | 21 July 1980 | DDLP | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Eugenia Charles.jpg | 90px]] | Eugenia Charles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1919–2005) | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | DFP | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Edison James visits EU (cropped).jpg | 90px]] | Edison James | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1943) | 1995 | 14 June 1995 | 3 February 2000 | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Rosie Douglas (cropped).jpg | 90px]] | Rosie Douglas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1941–2000) | 2000 | 3 February 2000 | 1 October 2000 | DLP | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Pierre Charles 2003 (cropped).jpg | 90px]] | Pierre Charles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1954–2004) | — | 1 October 2000 | 3 October 2000 | DLP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 October 2000 | 6 January 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Osborne Riviere EC (cropped).jpg | 90px]] | Osborne Riviere | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1932–2017) | — | 6 January 2004 | 8 January 2004 | DLP | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Swearing in of His Excellency Charles A Savarin, DAH, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica (31312241638).jpg | 90px]] | Roosevelt Skerrit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1972) | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 8 January 2004 | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DLP |
Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the prime ministers of Dominica. They are listed in order of first assuming office.
ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:21 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:100 right:100 left:20 AlignBars = late
Define $today =
Colors = id:DUPP value:rgb(1,0.647,0.0) Legend: Dominica_United_People's_Party id:DLP value:rgb(1,0,0) Legend: Dominica_Labour_Party id:DDLP value:rgb(0.153,0.651,0.886) Legend: Dominica_Democratic_Labour_Party id:DFP value:rgb(0.098,0.494,0.212) Legend: Dominica_Freedom_Party id:UWP value:rgb(0.063,0.376,0.686) Legend: United_Workers'_Party
id:gray1 value:gray(0.85) id:gray2 value:gray(0.95)
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1960 till:31/12/ TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1960 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1960
Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:60 columnwidth:175
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BarData = bar:Baron bar:LeBlanc bar:John bar:Seraphin bar:ECharles bar:James bar:Douglas bar:PCharles bar:Riviere bar:Skerrit
PlotData = width:5 align:left fontsize:s shift:(5,-4) anchor:till
bar:Baron from: 01/01/1960 till: 21/01/1961 color:DUPP text:"Frank Baron" bar:LeBlanc from: 21/01/1961 till: 27/07/1974 color:DLP text:"Edward Oliver LeBlanc" bar:John from: 28/07/1974 till: 25/06/1979 color:DLP text:"Patrick John" bar:Seraphin from: 25/06/1979 till: 21/07/1980 color:DDLP text:"Oliver Seraphin (acting)" bar:ECharles from: 21/07/1980 till: 14/06/1995 color:DFP text:"Eugenia Charles" bar:James from: 14/06/1995 till: 03/02/2000 color:UWP text:"Edison James" bar:Douglas from: 03/02/2000 till: 01/10/2000 color:DLP text:"Rosie Douglas" bar:PCharles from: 01/10/2000 till: 06/01/2004 color:DLP text:"Pierre Charles" bar:Riviere from: 06/01/2004 till: 08/01/2004 color:DLP text:"Osborne Riviere (acting)" bar:Skerrit from: 08/01/2004 till: $today color:DLP text:"Roosevelt Skerrit"
The following chart lists prime ministers by lifespan (living prime ministers on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige.
Define $width = 1000 # 4 pixels per year ($end - $start) × 4 Define $warning = 880 # $width - 120 Define $height = 350 # 8 × 25 + 150 Define $footnote = 800 # $width - 400 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Define $start = 01/01/1918 Define $end = 31/12/ Define $now =
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BackgroundColors = canvas:bg ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightline unit:year increment:1 start:$start ScaleMajor = gridcolor:lighttext unit:year increment:10 start:1920
Define $dy = -5 # shift text to button side of bar
LineData= at:$now color:TODAY width:0.1
PlotData= bar:1 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:19/01/1923 till:01/01/1960 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Frank Baron color:PM_UPP from:01/01/1960 till:21/01/1961 color:LIFESPAN from:21/01/1961 till:09/04/2016
bar:2 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:03/10/1923 till:21/01/1961 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Edward Oliver LeBlanc color:PM_DLP from:21/01/1961 till:27/07/1974 color:LIFESPAN from:27/07/1974 till:29/10/2004
bar:3 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:07/01/1938 till:27/07/1974 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Patrick John color:PM_DLP from:27/07/1974 till:21/06/1979 color:LIFESPAN from:21/06/1979 till:06/07/2021
bar:4 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:15/05/1919 till:21/07/1980 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Eugenia Charles color:PM_UPP from:21/07/1980 till:14/06/1995 color:LIFESPAN from:14/06/1995 till:06/09/2005
bar:5 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:18/10/1943 till:14/06/1995 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Edison James color:PM_UWP from:14/06/1995 till:03/02/2000 color:LIFESPAN from:03/02/2000 till:$now
bar:6 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:15/10/1941 till:03/02/2000 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Rosie Douglas color:PM_DLP from:03/02/2000 till:01/10/2000
bar:7 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:30/06/1954 till:01/10/2000 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Pierre Charles color:PM_DLP from:01/10/2000 till:06/01/2004
bar:8 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:08/06/1972 till:08/01/2004 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Roosevelt Skerrit color:PM_DLP from:08/01/2004 till:$now
TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:green pos:($warning,30) text:Updated /
TextData = pos:(250,$height) fontsize:L textcolor:black text:"Lifespan and terms of office of each Dominican Prime Minister"
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