List of premiers of Bermuda

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Premier of Bermuda
Coat of arms of Bermuda.svg
Coat of arms of Bermuda
Edward David Burt 2017.jpg
Incumbent
Edward David Burt
JP, MP
since 19 July 2017
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of Bermuda
Term length At the governor's pleasure
Formation19 June 1968
First holder Sir Henry Tucker
as Government Leader
Website Office of the Premier

The premier of Bermuda serves as head of government of Bermuda, under appointment by the governor of Bermuda, in the governor's capacity as representative in Bermuda of the British monarch, currently King Charles III. The position was created by Bermuda's 1968 Constitution.

Contents

Since 19 July 2017, the premier has been Edward David Burt, the leader of the Progressive Labour Party. [1]

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

   UBP    PLP    OBA
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officePolitical partyElectedNotes
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Government Leaders (1968–1973)
1 No image.png Sir Henry Tucker
(1903–1986)		10 June 196829 December 19713 years, 202 days United Bermuda Party 1968
2 No image.png Sir Edward Richards
(1908–1991)		29 December 197118 April 19731 year, 110 days United Bermuda Party 1972 First Black Bermudian Premier
Premiers (1973–present)
1 No image.png Sir Edward Richards
(1908–1991)		18 April 197329 December 19752 years, 255 days United Bermuda Party —
2 No image.png John Sharpe
(1921–1999)		29 December 197530 August 19771 year, 244 days United Bermuda Party 1976
3 No image.png David Gibbons
(1926–2014)		30 August 197715 January 19824 years, 138 days United Bermuda Party 1980 From 1983, Sir David Gibbons
4 John Swan.jpg John Swan
(born 1934)		15 January 198225 August 199513 years, 222 days United Bermuda Party 1983
1985
1989
1993 		From 1990, Sir John Swan. Resigned following the 1995 independence referendum [2]
5 No image.png David Saul
(1939–2017)		25 August 199527 March 19971 year, 214 days United Bermuda Party —
6 No image.png Pamela Gordon
(born 1955)		27 March 199710 November 19981 year, 228 days United Bermuda Party — First female Premier
7 No image.png Jennifer Smith
(born 1947)		10 November 199829 July 20034 years, 261 days Progressive Labour Party 1998
8 Bermuda Premier Alex Scott (cropped).JPG Alex Scott
(born 1940)		29 July 200330 October 20063 years, 93 days Progressive Labour Party 2003
9 Ewart Brown.JPG Ewart Brown
(born 1946)		30 October 200629 October 20103 years, 364 days Progressive Labour Party 2007
10 Paula Cox 2010 (cropped).jpg Paula Cox
(born 1964?)		29 October 201018 December 20122 years, 50 days Progressive Labour Party —
11 Craig Cannonier.jpg Craig Cannonier
(born 1962)		18 December 201219 May 20141 year, 152 days One Bermuda Alliance 2012 Resigned [3]
12 Michael Dunkley 2015.jpg Michael Dunkley
(born 1957)		19 May 201419 July 20173 years, 61 days One Bermuda Alliance —
13 Edward David Burt 2017.jpg Edward David Burt
(born 1979)		19 July 2017 [1] Incumbent7 years, 242 days Progressive Labour Party 2017
2020
2025

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Video: David Burt Sworn In As New Premier
  2. ↑ "World News Briefs; Bermuda Votes to Stay A British Colony". The New York Times. 18 August 1995. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Hainey, Raymond (20 May 2014). "Dunkley to be sworn in as Premier this morning". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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