List of presidents of the Virgin Islands Legislature

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This is a list of presidents of the Virgin Islands Legislature :

LegislatureNameEntered officeLeft office
First Legislature: 195556 Walter I.M. Hodge 19551956
Second Legislature: 195758 Aubrey A. Anduze 19571958
Third Legislature: 195960 Walter I.M. Hodge 19591960
Fourth Legislature: 196162 Walter I.M. Hodge 19611962
Fifth Legislature: 196364 Earle B. Ottley 19631964
Sixth Legislature: 196566 Earle B. Ottley 19651966
Seventh Legislature: 196768 Earle B. Ottley 19671968
Eighth Legislature: 196970 John L. Maduro 19691970
Ninth Legislature: 197172 John L. Maduro 19711972
Tenth Legislature: 197374 Claude A. Molloy 19731974
Eleventh Legislature: 197576 Elmo D. Roebuck 19751976
Twelfth Legislature: 197778 Elmo D. Roebuck 19771978
Thirteenth Legislature: 197980 Elmo D. Roebuck 19791980
Fourteenth Legislature: 198182 Ruby M. Rouss 19811982
Fifteenth Legislature: JanuaryJuly 21, 1983 Elmo D. Roebuck January 1983July 1983
Fifteenth Legislature: July 21, 198384 Hugo Dennis, Jr. July 19831984
Sixteenth Legislature: 198586 Derek M. Hodge 19851986
Seventeenth Legislature: JanuaryMarch 9, 1987 Ruby M. Rouss January 1987March 1987
Seventeenth Legislature: March 9, 198788 Iver A. Stridiron March 19871988
Eighteenth Legislature: 198990 Bent Lawaetz 19891990
Nineteenth Legislature: 199192 Virdin C. Brown 19911992
Twentieth Legislature: 199394 Bingley G. Richardson 19931994
Twenty-first Legislature: 199596 Almando "Rocky" Liburd 19951996
Twenty-second Legislature: 199798 Lorraine L. Berry 19971998
Twenty-third Legislature: 19992000 Vargrave A. Richards 19992000
Twenty-fourth Legislature: 200102 Almando "Rocky" Liburd 20012002
Twenty-fifth Legislature: 200305 David S. Jones 20032005
Twenty-sixth Legislature: 200507 Lorraine L. Berry 20052007
Twenty-seventh Legislature: 200709 Usie R. Richards 20072009
Twenty-eighth Legislature: 200911 Louis Patrick Hill 20092011
Twenty-ninth Legislature: 201113 Ronald E. Russell 20112013
Thirtieth Legislature: 201315 Shawn-Micheal Malone 20132015
Thirty-First Legislature: 201517 Neville James 20152017
Thirty-Second Legislature: 201719 Myron D. Jackson 20172019
Thirty-Third Legislature: 201921 Kenneth Gittens January 2019May 2019
Thirty-Third Legislature: 201921 Novelle E. Francis May 2019January 2021
Thirty-Fourth Legislature: 202123 Donna Frett-Gregory January 2021January 2023
Thirty-Fifth Legislature: 202325 Novelle E. Francis January 2023January 2025
Thirty-Sixth Legislature: 2025 to Present Milton E. Potter January 2025

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