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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
editPolitical parties
Dominica Labour Party (DLP)
Dominica Freedom Party (DFP)
United Workers' Party (UWP)
- Status
Denotes acting prime minister
- Symbols
† Died in office
Chief ministers of Dominica (1960–1967)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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Frank Baron (1923–2016) |
— | 1 January 1960 | 21 January 1961 | 1 year, 20 days | DUPP |
| 2 |
|
Edward Oliver LeBlanc (1923–2004) |
1961 1966 |
21 January 1961 | 1 March 1967 | 6 years, 39 days | DLP |
Premiers of Dominica (1967–1978)
edit| 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 | DLP |
| 2 |
|
Patrick John (1938–2021) |
1975 | 28 July 1974 | 2 November 1978 | 4 years, 97 days | DLP |
Prime ministers of Dominica (1978–present)
edit| 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 | DLP |
| — |
|
Oliver Seraphin (born 1943) |
— | 25 June 1979 | 21 July 1980 | 1 year, 26 days | DDLP[1] |
| 2 | 
|
Eugenia Charles (1919–2005) |
1980 1985 1990 |
21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | 14 years, 328 days | DFP |
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Edison James (born 1943) |
1995 | 14 June 1995 | 3 February 2000 | 4 years, 234 days | UWP |
| 4 |
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Rosie Douglas (1941–2000) |
2000 | 3 February 2000 | 1 October 2000[†] | 241 days | DLP |
| 5 | 
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Pierre Charles (1954–2004) |
— | 1 October 2000 | 3 October 2000 | 3 years, 97 days | DLP |
| 3 October 2000 | 6 January 2004[†] | ||||||
| — |
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Osborne Riviere (1932–2017) |
— | 6 January 2004 | 8 January 2004 | 2 days | DLP |
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Roosevelt Skerrit (born 1972) |
2005 2009 2014 2019 2022 |
8 January 2004 | Incumbent | 20 years, 320 days (as of 23 November 2024) |
DLP |