List of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Incumbent Ralph Gonsalves since 29 March 2001
Style	The Right Honourable
Residence	Prime Minister's Official Residence, Kingstown
Appointer	Governor-General
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ebenezer Joshua (as Chief Minister) Milton Cato (as Premier)
Formation	27 October 1979
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	150,454 Eastern Caribbean dollars/55,724 USD annually[1]
Website	www.pmoffice.gov.vc

This article contains a list of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Constitutional basis

The office of prime minister is established by section 51 of the country's constitution, which provides that the governor-general shall appoint as prime minister the member of the House of Assembly "who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the Representatives".^[2]

Section 51(6) of the constitution requires the governor-general to remove the prime minister from office if the House of Assembly passes a motion of no confidence, unless within three days the prime minister either resigns or advises the governor-general to call an election.^[3]

List of officeholders

Political parties and other affiliations

  People's Political Party (PPP)

  Saint Vincent Labour Party (SVLP)

  Independent

  New Democratic Party (UBP)

  Unity Labour Party (ULP)

Chief ministers of Saint Vincent (1960–1969)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Ebenezer Joshua (1908–1991)	1961 1966	9 January 1960[4]	30 May 1967	7 years, 141 days	PPP
2		Milton Cato (1915–1997)	1967	30 May 1967[5]	27 October 1969	2 years, 150 days	SVLP

Premiers of Saint Vincent (1969–1979)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Milton Cato (1915–1997)	—	27 October 1969	13 April 1972	2 years, 169 days	SVLP
2		James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (1931–2021)	1972	14 April 1972	8 December 1974	2 years, 238 days	Independent
(1)		Milton Cato (1915–1997)	1974	8 December 1974	27 October 1979	4 years, 323 days	SVLP

Prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Milton Cato (1915–1997)	1979	27 October 1979	30 July 1984	4 years, 277 days	SVLP
2		Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (1931–2021)	1984 1989 1994 1998	30 July 1984	27 October 2000	16 years, 89 days	NDP
3		Arnhim Eustace (born 1944)	—	27 October 2000	29 March 2001	153 days	NDP
4		Ralph Gonsalves (born 1946)	2001 2005 2010 2015 2020	29 March 2001	Incumbent	23 years, 278 days	ULP

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They are listed in order of office (Cato and Mitchell are shown in order of their first premierships).

References

1. Ministry of Finance of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5 September 2018). "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-05.
2. Article 51, Section 1–2 of the Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
3. Article 51, Section 6 of the Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
4. "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 93 No. 3". 9 January 1960. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
5. "Saint Vincent government gazette Vol. 100 No. 34". 30 May 1967. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

Further reading

• Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1979 (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2024 – via Constitute Project.

See also

• Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines