List of prime ministers of Barbados

This is a list of prime ministers of Barbados.

Premiers of Barbados (1953–1966)

Barbados Labour (2)   Democratic Labour (1)
No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Governor	Monarch Reign
1	The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Herbert Adams CMG QC MP for Saint Joseph (1898–1971)		1 February 1953	17 April 1958	1951	Barbados Labour	Sir Alfred Savage Brigadier Robert Arundell	Elizabeth II (1952–present)
					1956
			5 years and 76 days
2	Hugh Gordon Cummins MP for Saint Thomas (1891–1970)		17 April 1958	8 December 1961	—	Barbados Labour	Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell Sir John Montague Stow
			3 years and 236 days
3	The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)		8 December 1961	30 November 1966	1961	Democratic Labour	Sir John Montague Stow
			4 years and 358 days

Prime Ministers of Barbados (1966–present)

Democratic Labour (4)   Barbados Labour (4)
No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Governor-General	Monarch Reign
1	The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)		30 November 1966	8 September 1976	1966	Democratic Labour	Sir John Montague Stow Sir Arleigh Winston Scott	Elizabeth II (1952–present)
					1971
			9 years and 284 days
2	The Right Honourable John "Tom" Adams QC MP for Saint Thomas (1931–1985)		8 September 1976	11 March 1985	1976	Barbados Labour	Sir Deighton Lisle Ward Sir Hugh Springer
					1981
			8 years and 185 days^[†]
3	The Right Honourable Sir Bernard St. John KA MP for Christ Church East Central (1931–2004)		11 March 1985	29 May 1986	—	Barbados Labour	Sir Hugh Springer
			1 year and 80 days
(1)	The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)		29 May 1986	1 June 1987	1986	Democratic Labour	Sir Hugh Springer
			1 year and 4 days^[†]
4	The Right Honourable Sir Erskine Sandiford KA PC MP for Saint Michael South (born 1937)		1 June 1987	7 September 1994	—	Democratic Labour	Sir Hugh Springer Dame Nita Barrow
					1991
			7 years and 99 days
5	The Right Honourable Owen Arthur PC MP for Saint Peter (1949–2020)		See also § Arthur Cabinet			Barbados Labour	Dame Nita Barrow Sir Clifford Husbands
			7 September 1994	16 January 2008	1994
					1999
					2003
			13 years and 132 days
6	The Honourable David Thompson QC MP for Saint John (1961–2010)		16 January 2008	23 October 2010	2008	Democratic Labour	Sir Clifford Husbands
			2 years and 281 days^[†]
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	—
					2013
			7 years and 215 days
8	The Honourable Mia Mottley QC MP for Saint Michael North East (born 1965)		See also § Mottley Cabinet			Barbados Labour	Dame Sandra Mason
			25 May 2018	Incumbent	2018
			2 years and 254 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

^† Died in office.

External links

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