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Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg
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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

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".

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.

List of officeholders

     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 No image.png Ebenezer Joshua
(1908–1991)
1961
1966
9 January 1960 30 May 1967 7 years, 141 days PPP
2 Milton Cato
(1915–1997)
1967 30 May 1967 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 F. Mitchell 1986 (cropped).jpg 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 James F. Mitchell 1986 (cropped).jpg 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.jpg Arnhim Eustace
(born 1944)
27 October 2000 29 March 2001 153 days NDP
4 Ralph Gonsalves 2023.jpg Ralph Gonsalves
(born 1946)
2001
2005
2010
2015
2020
29 March 2001 Incumbent 23 years, 270 days ULP

See also

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