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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

Status
  Denotes Acting Prime Minister

Chief ministers of Dominica (1960–1967)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Frank Baron
(1923–2016) 		— 1 January 1960 21 January 1961 1 year, 20 days Dominica United People's Party
2 Edward Oliver LeBlanc
(1923–2004) 		1961
1966 		21 January 1961 1 March 1967 6 years, 39 days Dominica Labour Party

Premiers of Dominica (1967–1978)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Edward Oliver LeBlanc
(1923–2004) 		1970 1 March 1967 27 July 1974 7 years, 148 days Dominica Labour Party
2 Patrick John
(1938–2021) 		1975 28 July 1974 2 November 1978 4 years, 97 days Dominica Labour Party

Prime ministers of Dominica (1978–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Patrick John
(1938–2021) 		— 3 November 1978 25 June 1979 234 days Dominica Labour Party
— Oliver Seraphin
(born 1943) 		— 25 June 1979 21 July 1980 1 year, 26 days Democratic Labour Party of Dominica[1]
2 Eugenia Charles
(1919–2005) 		1980
1985
1990 		21 July 1980 14 June 1995 14 years, 328 days Dominica Freedom Party
3 Edison James
(born 1943) 		1995 14 June 1995 3 February 2000 4 years, 234 days United Workers' Party
4 Rosie Douglas
(1941–2000) 		2000 3 February 2000 1 October 2000
(died in office.) 		241 days Dominica Labour Party
5 Pierre Charles
(1954–2004) 		— 1 October 2000 3 October 2000 3 years, 97 days Dominica Labour Party
3 October 2000 6 January 2004
(died in office.)
— Osborne Riviere
(1932–2017) 		— 6 January 2004 8 January 2004 2 days Dominica Labour Party
6 Roosevelt Skerrit
(born 1972) 		2005
2009
2014
2019
2022 		8 January 2004 Incumbent 20 years, 53 days
(as of 1 March 2024) 		Dominica Labour Party

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Europa Year Book 1982 A World Survey Vol.-ii". 1982.

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