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 |
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 |
Website | Government website |
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Administrative divisions (Quarters) |
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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.
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",/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.
List of officeholders※
- Political parties
- Status
Symbols
Chief ministers of Saint Lucia (1960–1967)※
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | George Charles (1916–2004) |
1961 | 1 January 1960 | April 1964 | 4 years, 3 months | SLP | ||
2 | John Compton (1925–2007) |
1964 | April 1964 | 1 March 1967 | 2 years, 11 months | UWP |
Premier of Saint Lucia (1967–1979)※
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | John Compton (1925–2007) |
1969 1974 |
1 March 1967 | 22 February 1979 | 11 years, 358 days | UWP |
Prime ministers of Saint Lucia (1979–present)※
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | John Compton (1925–2007) |
— | 22 February 1979 | 2 July 1979 | 130 days | UWP | ||
2 | Allan Louisy (1916–2011) |
1979 | 2 July 1979 | 4 May 1981 | 1 year, 306 days | SLP | ||
3 | Winston Cenac (1925–2004) |
— | 4 May 1981 | 17 January 1982 | 258 days | SLP | ||
— | Michael Pilgrim (born 1947) |
— | 17 January 1982 | 3 May 1982 | 106 days | PLP | ||
(1) | John Compton (1925–2007) |
1982 1987 (6 Apr.) 1987 (30 Apr.) 1992 |
3 May 1982 | 2 April 1996 | 13 years, 335 days | UWP | ||
4 | Vaughan Lewis (born 1940) |
— | 2 April 1996 | 24 May 1997 | 1 year, 52 days | UWP | ||
5 | Kenny Anthony (born 1951) |
1997 2001 |
24 May 1997 | 11 December 2006 | 9 years, 201 days | SLP | ||
(1) | Sir John Compton (1925–2007) |
2006 | 11 December 2006 | 7 September 2007 | 270 days | UWP | ||
6 | Stephenson King (born 1958) |
— | 7 September 2007 | 30 November 2011 | 4 years, 84 days | UWP | ||
(5) | Kenny Anthony (born 1951) |
2011 | 30 November 2011 | 7 June 2016 | 4 years, 190 days | SLP | ||
7 | Allen Chastanet (born 1960) |
2016 | 7 June 2016 | 28 July 2021 | 5 years, 51 days | UWP | ||
8 | Philip J. Pierre (born 1954) |
2021 | 28 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 350 days | SLP |
See also※
References※
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.