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CARICOM Heads of Government

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Current leaders

  •  Antigua and Barbuda: Gaston Browne
  •  Bahamas: Perry Christie
  •  Barbados: Freundel Stuart
  •  Belize: Dean Barrow
  •  Dominica: Roosevelt Skerrit
  •  Grenada: Keith Mitchell
  •  Guyana: David Granger
  •  Haiti: Jovenel Moïse
  •  Jamaica: Andrew Holness
  •  Montserrat: Donaldson Romeo
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis: Timothy Harris
  •  Saint Lucia: Allen Chastanet
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Ralph Gonsalves
  •  Suriname: Dési Bouterse
  •  Trinidad and Tobago: Dr. 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:

    Contents

  •  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 (twice) and Donald Ramotar
  •  Haiti 2: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, René Préval, Michel Martelly and Jocelerme Privert (acting)
  •  Jamaica: Michael Manley (twice), Edward Seaga, P. J. Patterson, Portia Simpson-Miller (twice), Bruce Golding and Andrew Holness (twice, also incumbent)
  •  Montserrat: Percival Austin Bramble, John Osborne (twice), Reuben Meade (twice), Bertrand Osborne, David Brandt and Lowell Lewis
  •  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 (twice) 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

    Heads of Government have also established a Quasi-Cabinet arrangement to further advance specific issues/areas within the Community. The decision to establish the Quasi-Cabinet was taken at their Seventh Special Meeting (October 1999, Trinidad and Tobago), convened to deliberate on a Vision for the future of the Region. Within the Quasi-Cabinet, individual Heads of Government have responsibility for critical areas of Community Development.

    The Quasi-Cabinet Portfolio allocation is set out overleaf.

    As part of efforts to strengthen the Quasi-Cabinet functioning, Heads of Government undertook a review of the Portfolio allocations in July 2010, at their Thirty-First Regular Meeting held in Jamaica

    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
  •  Bahamas ... Lead Head of Government for Tourism (including Land, Cruise, ACP/EU Partnership Agreement provisions etc)
  •  Barbados ... Lead Head of Government for the CSME (including Monetary Union)
  •  Belize ... Lead Head of Government for Justice and Governance
  •  Dominica ... Lead Head of Government for Labour (including intra-Community movement of skills)
  •  Grenada ... Lead Head of Government for Science and Technology (including Information and Communications)
  •  Guyana ... Lead Head of Government for Agriculture, Agricultural Diversification and Food Security (including the Regional Transformation Programme (RTP) and Bananas)
  •  Jamaica ... Lead Head of Government for External Trade Negotiations
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis ... Head of Government for Human Resource Development, Health and HIV/AIDS
  •  Saint Lucia ... Lead Head of Government for Sustainable Development (including Environment and Disaster Management and Water)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ... Lead Head of Government for Transport (Maritime and Aviation)
  •  Suriname ... Lead Head of Government for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation (including Culture, Gender, Youth and Sport)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago ... Lead Head of Government for Energy and Security
  • References

    CARICOM Heads of Government Wikipedia