List of prime ministers of Barbados

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This is a list of prime ministers of Barbados.

Premiers of Barbados (1953–1966)[]

Elizabeth II (1953–66)[]

Barbados Labour   (2)   Democratic Labour   (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Governor
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Herbert Adams CMG QC MP for Saint Joseph (1898–1971)	1951	1 February 1953	17 April 1958	5 years, 75 days	Barbados Labour	Sir Alfred Savage Brigadier Robert Arundell
			1956
2		Hugh Gordon Cummins MP for Saint Thomas (1891–1970)	—	17 April 1958	8 December 1961	3 years, 235 days	Barbados Labour	Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell Sir John Montague Stow
3		The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)	1961	8 December 1961	30 November 1966	4 years, 357 days	Democratic Labour	Sir John Montague Stow

Prime ministers of Barbados (1966–Present)[]

Elizabeth II (1966–2021)[]

Democratic Labour   (4)   Barbados Labour   (4)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Governor-General
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)	1966	30 November 1966	8 September 1976	9 years, 283 days	Democratic Labour	Sir John Montague Stow Sir Arleigh Winston Scott
			1971
2		The Right Honourable John "Tom" Adams QC MP for Saint Thomas (1931–1985)	1976	8 September 1976	11 March 1985	8 years, 184 days[†]	Barbados Labour	Sir Deighton Lisle Ward Sir Hugh Springer
			1981
3		The Right Honourable Sir Bernard St. John KA MP for Christ Church East Central (1931–2004)	—	11 March 1985	29 May 1986	1 year, 79 days	Barbados Labour	Sir Hugh Springer
(1)		The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)	1986	29 May 1986	1 June 1987	1 year, 3 days[†]	Democratic Labour	Sir Hugh Springer
4		The Right Honourable Sir Erskine Sandiford KA PC MP for Saint Michael South (born 1937)	—	1 June 1987	7 September 1994	7 years, 98 days	Democratic Labour	Sir Hugh Springer Dame Nita Barrow
			1991
5		The Right Honourable Owen Arthur PC MP for Saint Peter (1949–2020)	1994	See also § Arthur Cabinet			Barbados Labour	Dame Nita Barrow Sir Clifford Husbands
				7 September 1994	16 January 2008	13 years, 131 days
			1999
			2003
6		The Honourable David Thompson QC MP for Saint John (1961–2010)	2008	16 January 2008	23 October 2010	2 years, 280 days[†]	Democratic Labour	Sir Clifford Husbands
7		The Right Honourable Freundel Stuart PC QC MP for Saint Michael South (born 1951)	—	See also § Stuart Cabinet			Democratic Labour	Sir Clifford Husbands Sir Elliott Belgrave Dame Sandra Mason
				23 October 2010	25 May 2018	7 years, 214 days
			2013
8		The Honourable Mia Mottley QC MP for Saint Michael North East (born 1965)	2018	See also § Mottley Cabinet			Barbados Labour	Dame Sandra Mason
				25 May 2018	30 November 2021	3 years, 189 days (out of a total term of 3 years, 298 days)

Republic (2021-present)[]

Barbados Labour   (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	President
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		The Honourable Mia Mottley QC MP for Saint Michael North East (born 1965)	2022	See also § Mottley Cabinet			Barbados Labour	Dame Sandra Mason
				30 November 2021	Incumbent	109 days (out of a total term of 3 years, 298 days)

See also[]

• Ilaro Court
• Elections in Barbados
• Politics of Barbados
• Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
• Governor-General of Barbados
• List of Commonwealth of Nations prime ministers
• List of current members of the British Privy Council

Notes[]

External links[]

• Barbados Elections
• Leaders of Barbados
• Rulers of Barbados - From settlement to present
• Flag of the Prime Minister of Barbados