The prime minister of St Lucia is the head of government of St Lucia. The prime minister heads the executive branch and chairs the cabinet. This article contains a list of prime ministers of Saint Lucia.
| Prime Minister of Saint Lucia | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Residence | Prime Minister’s Official Residence at Vigie, Castries |
| Appointer | Governor-General |
| Term length | Five years renewable |
| Formation | 22 February 1979 |
| First holder | John Compton |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia |
| Salary | 136,849 Eastern Caribbean dollars/50,685 USD annually[1] |
| Website | Government website |
Constitutional basis
editSection 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.[2]
List of officeholders
edit- Political parties
- Status
Symbols
† Died in office
Chief ministers of Saint Lucia (1960–1967)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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George Charles (1916–2004) |
1961 | 1 January 1960 | April 1964 | 4 years, 3 months | SLP | [3] |
| 2 | 
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John Compton (1925–2007) |
1964 | April 1964 | 1 March 1967 | 2 years, 11 months | UWP | [3] |
Premier of Saint Lucia (1967–1979)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 |
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John Compton (1925–2007) |
1969 1974 |
1 March 1967 | 22 February 1979 | 11 years, 358 days | UWP | [3] |
Prime ministers of Saint Lucia (1979–present)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 |
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John Compton (1925–2007) |
— | 22 February 1979 | 2 July 1979 | 130 days | UWP | [3] |
| 2 |
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Allan Louisy (1916–2011) |
1979 | 2 July 1979 | 4 May 1981 | 1 year, 306 days | SLP | [3] |
| 3 | Winston Cenac (1925–2004) |
— | 4 May 1981 | 17 January 1982 | 258 days | SLP | [3] | |
| — |
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Michael Pilgrim (born 1947) |
— | 17 January 1982 | 3 May 1982 | 106 days | PLP | [3][4] |
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John Compton (1925–2007) |
1982 1987 (6 Apr.) 1987 (30 Apr.) 1992 |
3 May 1982 | 2 April 1996 | 13 years, 335 days | UWP | [3] |
| 4 |
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Vaughan Lewis (born 1940) |
— | 2 April 1996 | 24 May 1997 | 1 year, 52 days | UWP | [3] |
| 5 | 
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Kenny Anthony (born 1951) |
1997 2001 |
24 May 1997 | 11 December 2006 | 9 years, 201 days | SLP | [3] |
| (1) | 
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Sir John Compton (1925–2007) |
2006 | 11 December 2006 | 7 September 2007[†] | 270 days | UWP | [3][5] |
| 6 | 
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Stephenson King (born 1958) |
— | 7 September 2007 | 30 November 2011 | 4 years, 84 days | UWP | [3] |
| (5) |
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Kenny Anthony (born 1951) |
2011 | 30 November 2011 | 7 June 2016 | 4 years, 190 days | SLP | [3] |
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Allen Chastanet (born 1960) |
2016 | 7 June 2016 | 28 July 2021 | 5 years, 51 days | UWP | [6] |
| 8 |
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Philip J. Pierre (born 1954) |
2021 | 28 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 118 days | SLP | [7] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Government of Saint Lucia. "ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 2016-2017". www.finance.gov.lc.
- ^ "Saint Lucia's Constitution of 1978" (PDF). Constitute Project. p. 34. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia". 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Around the World; St. Lucia Premier Quits Over a Series of Strikes". The New York Times. 17 January 1982. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "John Compton, Prime Minister of St. Lucia, dies at 82". International Herald Tribune. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Charles, Jacqueline (7 June 2016). "Saint Lucia swears in new prime minister". Miami Herald. Miami Herald Media Company. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Reporter, WIC News (2021-07-28). "Philip J Pierre to take oath as Prime Minister of St Lucia today". WIC News. Retrieved 2021-07-28.