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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

Political parties

     Dominica United People's Party (DUPP)     Dominica Labour Party (DLP)     Dominica Democratic Labour Party (DDLP)     Dominica Freedom Party (DFP)     United Workers' Party (UWP)

Status

     Denotes acting prime minister

Symbols

Died in office

Chief ministers of Dominica (1960–1967)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 No image.png Frank Baron
(1923–2016)
1 January 1960 21 January 1961 1 year, 20 days DUPP
2 No image.png Edward Oliver LeBlanc
(1923–2004)
1961
1966
21 January 1961 1 March 1967 6 years, 39 days DLP

Premiers of Dominica (1967–1978)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 No image.png Edward Oliver LeBlanc
(1923–2004)
1970 1 March 1967 27 July 1974 7 years, 148 days DLP
2 No image.png Patrick John
(1938–2021)
1975 28 July 1974 2 November 1978 4 years, 97 days DLP

Prime ministers of Dominica (1978–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 No image.png Patrick John
(1938–2021)
3 November 1978 25 June 1979 234 days DLP
No image.png Oliver Seraphin
(born 1943)
25 June 1979 21 July 1980 1 year, 26 days DDLP
2 Eugenia Charles.jpg Eugenia Charles
(1919–2005)
1980
1985
1990
21 July 1980 14 June 1995 14 years, 328 days DFP
3 Edison James visits EU (cropped).jpg Edison James
(born 1943)
1995 14 June 1995 3 February 2000 4 years, 234 days UWP
4 No image.png Rosie Douglas
(1941–2000)
2000 3 February 2000 1 October 2000 241 days DLP
5 Pierre Charles dominican Primeminister.jpg Pierre Charles
(1954–2004)
1 October 2000 3 October 2000 3 years, 97 days DLP
3 October 2000 6 January 2004
No image.png Osborne Riviere
(1932–2017)
6 January 2004 8 January 2004 2 days DLP
6 Swearing in of His Excellency Charles A Savarin, DAH, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica (31312241638).jpg Roosevelt Skerrit
(born 1972)
2005
2009
2014
2019
2022
8 January 2004 Incumbent 20 years, 330 days
(as of December 3, 2024)
DLP

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