CARICOM Heads of Government

The following is a list of heads of government of member states of CARICOM:

Leaders

Antigua and Barbuda: Gaston Browne
Bahamas: Hubert Minnis
Barbados: Mia Mottley
Belize: Johnny Briceño
Dominica: Roosevelt Skerrit
Grenada: Keith Mitchell
Guyana: Mohamed Irfaan Ali
Haiti: Jovenel Moïse
Jamaica: Andrew Holness
Montserrat: Easton Taylor-Farrell
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Timothy Harris
Saint Lucia: Allen Chastanet
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Ralph Gonsalves
Suriname: Chandrikapersad Santokhi
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)
Barbados: Errol Barrow (twice), Tom Adams, Bernard St. John, Erskine Sandiford, Owen Arthur, David Thompson, and Freundel Stuart[1]
Belize: George Cadle Price (twice), Manuel Esquivel (twice), Said Musa and Dean Barrow
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), Donald Ramotar and David A. Granger
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, Lowell Lewis and Donaldson Romeo
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 (thrice) and Stephenson King
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (twice), Milton Cato and Arnhim Eustace
Suriname: Ronald Venetiaan (twice), Jules Wijdenbosch and Desi Bouterse
Trinidad and Tobago: Eric Williams, George Chambers, A.N.R. Robinson, Patrick Manning (twice), Basdeo Panday, Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Keith Rowley (twice, also incumbent)

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

"URGENT-BARBADOS-DEATH-Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson is dead". Caribbean News Agency (CANA). Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 23 October 2010. Deputy Prime Minister Freundel Stuart notified members of the Cabinet of the prime minister’s death during the early hours of Saturday.

2. www.caricom.org

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, Hamilton Green and Moses Nagamootoo.
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.