CARICOM Heads of Government
Current leaders
Antigua and Barbuda: Gaston Browne
Bahamas: Perry Christie
Barbados: Freundel Stuart[1]
Belize: Dean Barrow
Dominica: Roosevelt Skerrit
Grenada: Keith Mitchell
Guyana: David A. Granger
Haiti: Michel Martelly
Jamaica: Portia Simpson Miller
Montserrat: Donaldson Romeo
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Timothy Harris
Saint Lucia: Kenny Anthony
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Ralph Gonsalves
Suriname: Dési Bouterse
Trinidad and Tobago: Keith Rowley
CARICOM past leaders
Only those persons who have been leaders since their country became a member of CARICOM are listed. The leaders are listed in order of their terms, with leaders serving twice only being listed in order of their first term:
Antigua and Barbuda: Vere Cornwall Bird, Lester Bird and Baldwin Spencer
Bahamas: Lynden Pindling and Hubert Ingraham (twice), Perry Christie (twice, also incumbent)
Barbados: Errol Barrow (twice), Tom Adams, Bernard St. John, Erskine Sandiford, Owen Arthur, and David Thompson
Belize: George Cadle Price (twice), Manuel Esquivel (twice) and Said Musa
Dominica: Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Patrick John, Oliver Seraphine, Dame Eugenia Charles, Edison James, Rosie Douglas, Pierre Charles and Osborne Riviere (acting)
Grenada: Eric Gairy, Maurice Bishop, Herbert A. Blaize, Ben Jones, Nicholas Brathwaite, George Brizan, Keith Mitchell (also incumbent) and Tillman Thomas
Guyana 1: Arthur Chung, Forbes Burnham, Desmond Hoyte, Cheddi Jagan, Sam Hinds, Janet Jagan, Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar
Haiti 2: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, René Préval
Jamaica: Michael Manley (twice), Edward Seaga, P. J. Patterson, Portia Simpson-Miller (also incumbent), Bruce Golding and Andrew Holness
Montserrat: Percival Austin Bramble, John Osborne (twice), Reuben Meade (also incumbent), Bertrand Osborne, David Brandt, Lowell Lewis and Reuben Meade
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Robert L. Bradshaw, Paul Southwell, Lee Moore, Kennedy Simmonds and Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia: John Compton (thrice), Allan Louisy, Winston Cenac, Michael Pilgrim (interim), Vaughan Lewis, Kenny Anthony (also incumbent) and Stephenson King
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (twice), Milton Cato and Arnhim Eustace
Suriname: Ronald Venetiaan (twice) and Jules Wijdenbosch
Trinidad and Tobago: Eric Williams, George Chambers, A.N.R. Robinson, Patrick Manning (twice), Basdeo Panday and Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Portfolios
Each of the regional leaders have been relegated to a specific task to oversee, in the capacity of a CARICOM quasi-cabinet. Once work on a specific subject area is completed, that information is transmitted to the other CARICOM Heads of Government and then a process of implementation is carried out by the governments in other member states.
These are some of the areas which have been assigned: (both officially and by national special interest.)
Antigua and Barbuda ... Lead Head of Government for Services (including Information Technology and Telecommunications)
Bahamas ... Lead Head of Government for Tourism
Barbados ... Lead Head of Government for the CSME (including Monetary Union)
Belize ... Lead Head of Government for Sustainable Development (including Environment and Disaster Management)
Dominica ... Lead Head of Government for Labour (including intra-Community movement of skills)
Grenada ... Lead Head of Government for Science and Technology
Guyana ... Lead Head of Government for Agriculture
Haiti ... Lead Head of Government for Transport (Maritime and Aviation)
Jamaica ... Lead Head of Government for External Negotiations/Foreign Relations
Montserrat ... Will work closely with Belize in Disaster Management
Saint Kitts and Nevis ... Head of Government for Health, Human Resources and HIV/AIDS
Saint Lucia ... Lead Head of Government for Justice and Governance
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ... Lead Head of Government for Air Transportation; and Banana trade issues
Suriname ... Lead Head of Government for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation
Trinidad and Tobago ... Lead Head of Government for Crime and Security; and Energy Policy
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Footnotes
- Note that for Guyana only the past Presidents are listed. In most instances the past Presidents of Guyana since it joined CARICOM were also past Prime Ministers at some point. Only Arthur Chung and Cheddi Jagan have never been Prime Ministers. Prime Ministers of Guyana (since it joined CARICOM) that were never Presidents at some point were Ptolemy Reid and Hamilton Green.
- The head of the interim government in Haiti, which was installed under controversial circumstances had been suspended, (as of 2004) from the councils of the Caribbean Community and was not recognized as the legitimate government, hence its leaders aren't listed.
See also
- List of Commonwealth prime ministers
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of state leaders by date
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