The CARICOM heads of government serve as the most important body leading key policy direction for the Caribbean Community organisation and for the implementation of the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy. Map showing CARICOM members, associates and observers Seat of Secretariat Georgetown, Guyana Official languages English4 Membership  15 full members1  5 associate members2  7 observers3 Leaders  -  Secretary-General Edwin W. Carrington (since 1992)  -  CARICOM Heads of Government   Establishment  -  August 1, 1973  Website http://www. ...

Current leaders

•  Antigua and Barbuda: Baldwin Spencer
•  Bahamas: Hubert Ingraham
•  Barbados: Owen Arthur
•  Belize: Said Musa
•  Dominica: Roosevelt Skerrit
•  Grenada: Keith Mitchell
•  Guyana: Bharrat Jagdeo
•  Haiti: René Préval
•  Jamaica: Portia Simpson-Miller
•  Montserrat: Lowell Lewis
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis: Denzil Douglas
•  Saint Lucia: Stephenson King (interim)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Ralph Gonsalves
•  Suriname: Ronald Venetiaan
•  Trinidad and Tobago: Patrick Manning

Image File history File links Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda. ... Winston Baldwin Spencer (born October 8, Antigua and Barbuda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... The Right Honourable Hubert Alexander Ingraham (born 1947) was the second prime minister of the Bahamas from 1992 until 2002. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Barbados. ... Owen Seymour Arthur, MP, BA, MSc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belize. ... Said Wilbert Musa, PC, (born March 19, 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician, and has been Prime Minister of Belize since August 28, 1998. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Dominica. ... [[1]] Roosevelt Skerrit (born June 8, 1972) is a politician from Dominica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Grenada. ... Keith Claudiass Mitchell (born November 12, 1946) is the Prime Minister of Grenada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Pres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... René Garcia Préval (born January 17, 1943 in Marmelade) is a Haitian politician and agronomist who is currently the President of Haïti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP (born 12 December 1945 in Wood Hall, St. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montserrat. ... Lowell Lewis (born 1952) is the current Chief Minister of Montserrat. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis. ... Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born January 14, 1953) is the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Lucia. ... A campaign poster for Stephenson King from the 2006 Saint Lucia general election Stephenson King is a Saint Lucian politician who represents the constituency of Castries North for the United Workers Party. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Ralph Everard Gonsalves (born August 8, 1946), also known as Comrade Ralph, is the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Suriname. ... Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan (born June 18, 1936) is a mathematician[citation needed] and the current president of Suriname. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (born August 17, 1946) is the current Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago and Political Leader of the Peoples National Movement (PNM). ...

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 and Lester Bird
•  Bahamas: Lynden Pindling and Hubert Ingraham (twice, also incumbent), Perry Christie
•  Barbados: Errol Barrow (twice), Tom Adams, Bernard St. John and Erskine Sandiford
•  Belize: George Cadle Price (twice) and Manuel Esquivel (twice)
•  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 and George Brizan
•  Guyana ¹: Arthur Chung, Forbes Burnham, Desmond Hoyte, Cheddi Jagan, Sam Hinds and Janet Jagan
•  Haiti ²: Jean-Bertrand Aristide
•  Jamaica: Michael Manley (twice), Edward Seaga and P. J. Patterson
•  Montserrat: Percival Austin Bramble, John Osborne (twice), Reuben Meade, Bertrand Osborne and David Brandt
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis: Robert L. Bradshaw, Paul Southwell, Lee Moore and Kennedy Simmonds
•  Saint Lucia: John Compton (thrice), Allan Louisy, Winston Cenac, Michael Pilgrim (interim), Vaughan Lewis and Kenny Anthony
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (twice), Milton Cato and Arnhim Eustace
•  Suriname: Ronald Venetiaan (also incumbent) and Jules Wijdenbosch
•  Trinidad and Tobago: Eric Williams, George Chambers, A.N.R. Robinson, Patrick Manning (also incumbent) and Basdeo Panday

Image File history File links Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda. ... Vere Cornwall Bird (December 7, 1910–June 28, 1999) was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. ... Lester Bryant Bird (born February 21, 1938) was Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, KCMG, OM, JP (22 March 1930 - 26 August 2000) served as the first black Premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands, 1967-1973 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas, 1973-1992, as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). ... The Right Honourable Hubert Alexander Ingraham (born 1947) was the second prime minister of the Bahamas from 1992 until 2002. ... Perry Gladstone Christie (born August 21, 1944) is the third and current Prime Minister of the Bahamas and a former athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Barbados. ... Errol Walton Barrow (January 21, 1920 June 1, 1987) was a Caribbean statesman and the first Prime Minister of Barbados. ... John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams (1931 - 1985) known better as Tom Adams, he was the only son of Grantley Adams (a lawyer and the first and only Prime Minister of the Federation of the British West Indies) and Grace née Thorne. ... Sir Harold Bernard St. ... Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (born March 24, 1937) is a Barbadian politician. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belize. ... George C. Price The Right Honourable George Cadle Price (born January 15, 1919) was the first Prime Minister of Belize and the architect of that countrys independence. ... The Right Honourable Manuel Esquivel was Prime Minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Dominica. ... Edward Oliver LeBlanc (October 3, 1923—October 29, 2004) was a Dominican politician. ... Patrick Roland John (b. ... Flag of Dominica Oliver James Seraphin (Born August 2, 1943), nicknamed O.J., was the Prime Minister of Caribbean island country Dominica from June 25, 1979, to July 21, 1980. ... Dame (Mary) Eugenia Charles, DBE (May 15, 1919–September 6, 2005) was the Prime Minister of Dominica from July 21, 1980 until June 14, 1995. ... Edison Chenfil James (born October 18, 1943 in Marigot Dominica) was the prime minister of Dominica from June 14, 1995 until February 3, 2000 as well as the Member of Parliament for the Marigot constituency from 1990. ... Roosevelt Douglas (October 15, 1941 - October 1, 2000) was prime minister of Dominica from February 2000 until his death later that year. ... Pierre Charles (June 30, 1954 - January 6, 2004) was Prime Minister of Dominica (2000 - 2004). ... Francis Osborne Riviere (born 1932?) is a former Foreign Minister of Dominica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Grenada. ... Sir Eric Matthew Gairy (February 18, 1920 - August 23, 1997) was a Grenadian politician. ... Maurice Bishop Maurice Rupert Bishop (May 29, 1944 – October 19, 1983) was a Grenadian revolutionary leader. ... Herbert Augustus Blaize (February 26, 1918–December 19, 1989) was the chief minister of Grenada from 1960 until 1961 and from 1962 until 1967 and the prime minister of Grenada from 1984 until his death. ... Ben Joseph Jones (August 5, 1924 – February 10, 2005) was a Grenadian politician. ... Sir Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite (born July 8, 1925) was the prime minister of Grenada from 1983 to 1984 and from 1990 to 1995. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Arthur Chung (鍾亞瑟) was a president of Guiana. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hugh Desmond Hoyte (March 9, 1929 - December 22, 2002) was a Guyanese politician. ... Cheddi Jagan, also known as Cheddi Berret Jagan (March 22, 1918 – March 6, 1997), was the chief minister (1957-1964) and president (1992-1997) of Guyana. ... Sam Hinds (2006) Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds (born December 27, 1943) is a Guyanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously since 1992. ... Janet Rosalie Jagan (née Rosenberg, 20 October 1920 in Chicago, Illinois) was President of Guyana from 1997-1999. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born July 15, 1953) is a Haitian politician and former Roman Catholic priest who was President of Haiti in 1991, again from 1994 to 1996, and then from 2001 to 2004. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Michael Norman Manley (December 10, 1924 – March 6, 1997) was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972 – 1980, 1989 – 1992). ... The Right Honourable Edward Philip George Seaga (born May 28, 1930) was Prime Minister of Jamaica for the Jamaica Labour Party from 1980 to 1989, and served as leader of the opposition 1989 to January 2005. ... The Most Honourable Percival Noel James Patterson QC (born April 10, 1935) was the Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montserrat. ... Percival Austin Bramble (born 1931) is a politician from Montserrat. ... John Osborne (born 1936) is the chief minister of Montserrat. ... Reuben Meade (born 1952) is a politician from Montserrat. ... Bertrand Osborne (born 1935) is a politician from Montserrat. ... David Brandt is a politician from Montserrat. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis. ... Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (b. ... C.A. Paul Southwell was a public servant in the Commonwealth of Dominica and Saint Kitts-Nevis, serving in various positions until rising to Premier and Minister of Finance, Trade, Development, Industry and Tourism. ... Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore (1939–6 May 2000) served as Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 20 May 1979 to 21 February 1980. ... Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds (born 12 April 1936) is a prominent Saint Kitts and Nevis politician. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Lucia. ... Sir John George Melvin Compton, KBE (1926-2007) is the current Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. ... allan louisy, about his run as prime minister ... Batch Automated Translation: Needs corrections !!! Winston Francis Cenac it is an outstanding one political santaluciano that an ephemeral government headed in the island at the beginning of the decade of those ochenta. ... Dr. Michael Pilgrim is a Saint Lucian politican. ... Dr. Vaughan Lewis is a member of the United Workers Party who was briefly Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. ... Kenny Davis Anthony (born January 8, 1951) was Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (born 1931) was the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from April 1972 to December 8, 1974 and from July 30, 1984 until October 27, 2000. ... Robert Milton Cato (June 3, 1915- February 10, 1997) was a socialist political leader in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. ... Arnhim Eustace Arnhim Ulric Eustace (born 1944) is a development economist and politician from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Suriname. ... Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan (born June 18, 1936) is a mathematician[citation needed] and the current president of Suriname. ... Jules Albert Wijdenbosch (born 1941) is a politician in Suriname. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Dr. Eric Williams Dr. Eric Eustace Williams (September 25, 1911 – March 29, 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. ... This article is about the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson (born 1926 in Castara, Tobago) was Trinidad and Tobago from 19 March 1997 to 17 March 2003. ... Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (born August 17, 1946) is the current Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago and Political Leader of the Peoples National Movement (PNM). ... Basdeo Panday Basdeo Panday (born May 25, 1933) was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001 and has served as Leader of the Opposition from 1976-1977, 1978-1986, 1989-1995 and 2001-present. ...

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 the Services (including Information Technology and Telecommunications)
•  Bahamas ... Lead Head of Government for the 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

1. 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.
2. 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.