The first written records in the history of Dominica began in November 1493,when Christopher Columbus spotted the island. Prior to European contact,Dominica was inhabited by the Arawak. Dominica was a French colony from 1715 until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763,and then became a British colony from 1763 to 1978. It became an independent nation in 1978.
Roosevelt Skerrit is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004;he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally,he has served as the chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and most recently as chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2010. Skerrit is currently the longest-serving prime minister of Dominica.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration,protection of human and legal rights,and the encouragement of good governance between countries and territories in the Eastern Caribbean. It also performs the role of spreading responsibility and liability in the event of natural disaster.
Edward Oliver LeBlanc was a Dominican politician who served as the chief minister from January 1961 to 1 March 1967 and as the first premier from 1 March 1967 to 27 July 1974. Born in Vieille Case,a village in the north of the island,LeBlanc attended the local school and studied agriculture at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad. He worked in the civil service and became a member of the Dominica Trade Union. An early member of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP),he served as a representative in the country's Legislative Council representing the constituency of Portsmouth between 1957 and 1958,and as a representative of Dominica in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation upon its foundation in 1958. LeBlanc left the federation in 1960 to run for election to the national legislature.
The Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) is a conservative political party in Dominica. It shares much of the same socially and economically conservative principles as the Conservative Party in the UK. The party has been led by Bernard Hurtault since 2021.
Charles Angelo Savarin,DAH is a politician from Dominica who served as President of Dominica from 2013 to 2023. He is a member of the Dominica Labour Party and served for a time as Minister for National Security,Immigration,Labour and the Public Service.
The House of Assembly is the legislature of Dominica. It is established by Chapter III of the Constitution of Dominica,and together with the President of Dominica constitutes Dominica's Parliament. The House is unicameral,and consists of twenty-one Representatives,nine senators,and the Attorney General as an ex officio member. The Speaker of the House becomes the thirty-second member if chosen from outside the membership of the House.
General elections were held in Dominica on 5 May 2005. The result was a victory for the ruling Dominica Labour Party,which won 12 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly. The opposition United Workers' Party unsuccessfully made legal challenges to several of the constituency results.
Dominica,officially the Commonwealth of Dominica,is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital,Roseau,is located on the western side of the island. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union,the overseas departments of France,Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi),and the highest point is Morne Diablotins,at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.
The Cabinet of Dominica is appointed by the President of Dominica acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister of Dominica.
Federal elections were held in the West Indies Federation for the first and only time on 25 March 1958. The result was a victory for the West Indies Federal Labour Party,which won 25 of the 45 seats in the House of Representatives.
Gretta Roberts, sometimes spelled Greta Roberts,is a Dominican educator and politician. She is currently a member of the Cabinet of Dominica,serving as minister of culture,youth,sports,and community development.
General elections were held in Barbados on 19 January 2022 to elect the 30 members of the House of Assembly. The ruling Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats for the second consecutive election.
Jacques-Henry Heuls is a French diplomat. He is a permanent diplomat in the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France. He had previously served as the French Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean States,Barbados and the OECS. He served as French ambassador from 2020 till 2022. In 2013,he served as the French ambassador to Uzbekistan till 2016.
Snap general elections were held in Dominica on 6 December 2022.
Kenneth Melchoir Darroux is a Dominican politician and doctor. He is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 17 December 2019 in Dominica. Prior to his appointment as Foreign Affairs Minister he was the Minister for Health and Social Services in the government of Roosevelt Skerrit. He is a member of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP).
Dr Irving Francis McIntyre is a Dominican politician and doctor and current cabinet minister.
Ronald Armour was a Dominican politician and cabinet minister from Dominica Labour Party.
Anthony Moise was a Dominican politician and cabinet minister from Dominica Freedom Party.
