| Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados | |
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 Coat of arms of Barbados | |
since 26 January 2022 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | House of Assembly |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of Barbados |
| Term length | Five years |
| Formation | 30 November 1966 |
| First holder | James Cameron Tudor |
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This is a list of deputy prime ministers of Barbados .
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| No. | Incumbent (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation | Prime Minister | References | ||||
| Took office | Left office | |||||||||
| 1 | James Cameron Tudor (1919–1995) | 1965 | 1966 | Democratic Labour Party | Errol Barrow | [1] | ||||
| Democratic Labour Party (5) Barbados Labour Party (3) | ||||||||||
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| No. | Incumbent (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation | Prime Minister | References | ||||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 | James Cameron Tudor (1919–1995) | 30 November 1966 | 9 September 1971 | 4 years, 283 days | Democratic Labour Party | Errol Barrow | [2] | |||
| 2 | Cuthbert Edwy Talma (1909–1994) | 10 September 1971 | 2 September 1976 | 4 years, 358 days | Democratic Labour Party | Errol Barrow | [3] | |||
| 3 | Harold Bernard St. John (1931–2004) |  | 7 September 1976 | 11 March 1985 | 8 years, 185 days | Barbados Labour Party | Tom Adams | [4] | ||
| Vacant (11 March 1985 - 3 June 1986) | ||||||||||
| 4 | Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (1937–2023) |  | 3 June 1986 | 1 June 1987 | 363 days | Democratic Labour Party | Errol Barrow | [5] | ||
| 5 | Philip Greaves (born 1931) | 1 June 1987 | 6 September 1994 | 7 years, 97 days | Democratic Labour Party | Lloyd Erskine Sandiford | [6] | |||
| 6 | Billie Miller (born 1944) | 12 September 1994 | 21 May 2003 | 8 years, 251 days | Barbados Labour Party | Owen Arthur | [7] | |||
| 7 | Mia Mottley (born 1965) |  | 26 May 2003 | 15 January 2008 | 4 years, 234 days | Barbados Labour Party | Owen Arthur | [8] | ||
| Vacant (15 January 2008- 25 November 2008) | ||||||||||
| 8 | Freundel Stuart (born 1951) |  | 25 November 2008 | 23 October 2010 | 2 years, 28 days | Democratic Labour Party | David Thompson | [9] [10] | ||
| Vacant (23 October 2010- 30 November 2021) | ||||||||||
| Barbados Labour Party (1) | ||||||||||
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| No. | Incumbent (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation | Prime Minister | References | ||||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| Vacant (30 November 2021- 26 January 2022) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Santia Bradshaw (born 1976) | 22 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 301 days | Barbados Labour Party | Mia Mottley | [11] | |||
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* Served as Deputy Premier of Barbados. | |
