List of prime ministers of Saint Lucia

Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Pwèmyé Minis Sent Lisi
Incumbent Philip J. Pierre since 28 July 2021
Style	The Honourable
Residence	Prime Minister’s Official Residence at Vigie, Castries
Appointer	Governor-General
Term length	Five years renewable
Formation	22 February 1979
First holder	John Compton
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Salary	136,849 Eastern Caribbean dollars/50,685 USD annually [1]
Website	Government website

This is a list of prime ministers of Saint Lucia . The prime minister is the head of government of Saint Lucia. The prime minister heads the executive branch and chairs the cabinet.

Constitutional basis

Section 60 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia provides that the prime minister must be a member of the House of Assembly and that the governor-general shall "appoint a member of the House who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the members of the House", or if the House is dissolved, "a person who was a member of the House immediately before the dissolution". The same section requires the governor-general to remove the prime minister from office if a resolution of no confidence is passed and the prime minister does not resign within three days. The office of prime minister also becomes vacant if the holder ceases to be a member of the House of Assembly. ^[2]

List of officeholders

Political parties

   Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP)

   United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) (UWP)

   Progressive Labour Party (PLP)

Status

  Denotes acting prime minister

Symbols

^† Died in office

Chief ministers of Saint Lucia (1960–1967)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ref.
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		George Charles (1916–2004)	1961	1 January 1960	April 1964	4 years, 3 months	SLP	[3]
2		John Compton (1925–2007)	1964	April 1964	1 March 1967	2 years, 11 months	UWP	[3]

Premier of Saint Lucia (1967–1979)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ref.
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		John Compton (1925–2007)	1969 1974	1 March 1967	22 February 1979	11 years, 358 days	UWP	[3]

Prime ministers of Saint Lucia (1979–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ref.
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		John Compton (1925–2007)	—	22 February 1979	2 July 1979	130 days	UWP	[3]
2		Allan Louisy (1916–2011)	1979	2 July 1979	4 May 1981	1 year, 306 days	SLP	[3]
3		Winston Cenac (1925–2004)	—	4 May 1981	17 January 1982	258 days	SLP	[3]
—		Michael Pilgrim (born 1947)	—	17 January 1982	3 May 1982	106 days	PLP	[3] [4]
(1)		John Compton (1925–2007)	1982 1987 (6 Apr.) 1987 (30 Apr.) 1992	3 May 1982	2 April 1996	13 years, 335 days	UWP	[3]
4		Vaughan Lewis (born 1940)	—	2 April 1996	24 May 1997	1 year, 52 days	UWP	[3]
5		Kenny Anthony (born 1951)	1997 2001	24 May 1997	11 December 2006	9 years, 201 days	SLP	[3]
(1)		Sir John Compton (1925–2007)	2006	11 December 2006	7 September 2007 [†]	270 days	UWP	[3] [5]
6		Stephenson King (born 1958)	—	7 September 2007	30 November 2011	4 years, 84 days	UWP	[3]
(5)		Kenny Anthony (born 1951)	2011	30 November 2011	7 June 2016	4 years, 190 days	SLP	[3]
7		Allen Chastanet (born 1960)	2016	7 June 2016	28 July 2021	5 years, 51 days	UWP	[6]
8		Philip J. Pierre (born 1954)	2021	28 July 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 32 days	SLP	[7]

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Saint Lucia. They are listed in order of office (Compton and Anthony are shown in order of their first premierships).

See also

• Governor-General of Saint Lucia
• Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

References

1. Government of Saint Lucia. "ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 2016-2017". www.finance.gov.lc.
2. "Saint Lucia's Constitution of 1978" (PDF). Constitute Project. p. 34. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
3. "Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia". 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016.
4. "Around the World; St. Lucia Premier Quits Over a Series of Strikes". The New York Times. 17 January 1982. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. "John Compton, Prime Minister of St. Lucia, dies at 82". International Herald Tribune. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
6. Charles, Jacqueline (7 June 2016). "Saint Lucia swears in new prime minister". Miami Herald. Miami Herald Media Company. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
7. Reporter, WIC News (2021-07-28). "Philip J Pierre to take oath as Prime Minister of St Lucia today". WIC News. Retrieved 2021-07-28.