His Majesty's Government of the Virgin Islands is the democratically elected government of the British Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands. It is regulated by the Constitution of the British Virgin Islands.
Daniel Orlando Smith,OBE is a British Virgin Islands politician and the former Premier of the British Virgin Islands from 2011 to 2019 and from 2003 to 2007. He also formerly served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 2003 to 2007. He first won the office when his National Democratic Party won the 2003 general election,being the party's first victory at a general election in its history.
Elections in the British Virgin Islands are conducted to elect members to the House of Assembly. In the British Virgin Islands elections are not conducted in relation to appointments to either the Executive or Judicial branches of Government,and there are no other publicly elected posts in the British Virgin Islands. Most elections are conducted as general elections,which under the Constitution are required to be held every four years,or as by-elections when a member of the House of Assembly dies or steps down. Since the re-introduction of democracy into the British Virgin Islands in 1950 there have been fifteen general elections,and three recorded by-elections. The last election was held on 25 February 2019.
The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) is a political party in the British Virgin Islands. It is presently led by Natalio Wheatley. It is the oldest active political party in the British Virgin Islands,and it has won more general elections (seven) than any other political party in the British Virgin Islands.
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 20 August 2007. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) over the incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP).
The Premier of the Virgin Islands is the head of government for the British Virgin Islands. As a British Overseas Territory,the Premier is appointed by the Governor on behalf of the British monarch,currently King Charles III. Until 2007,the head of government was known as the Chief Minister of the Virgin Islands,but a constitutional change in 2007 renamed the position as Premier.
Julian Fraser is a British Virgin Islander politician who formerly belonged to the opposition Virgin Islands Party in the British Virgin Islands,and in August 2018 formed a new party,Progressives United.
The People's Empowerment Party is a defunct political party in the British Virgin Islands,led by former House of Assembly member for the second district Alvin Christopher. Mr Christopher has previously been elected as a representative of the Virgin Islands Party,the National Democratic Party and as an independent. It has no elected representatives and may now be defunct.
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 8 June 2015 to elect members to the House of Assembly. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP) over the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP). No minor parties or independent candidates won any seats. Unusually,every single incumbent candidate who stood in their original seat was victorious.
The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the House of Assembly that is not in government.
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 25 February 2019. For the first time,four parties with at least one incumbent member were contesting an election.
Dr. Kedrick Pickering is the former Deputy Premier of the Virgin Islands,also known as the British Virgin Islands. He also served as the territory's Minister of Natural Resources and Labour. He is a member of the National Democratic Party.
Andrew Alturo Fahie was a British Virgin Islands politician who served as Premier of the British Virgin Islands from 2019 to 2022. He was also the chairman of the Virgin Islands Party in the British Virgin Islands from 2016 to 2022. He was convicted of a range of charges relating to conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States in 2024.
Events from the year 2022 in the British Virgin Islands.
The British Virgin Islands 2021 Commission of Inquiry was a public inquiry commissioned by the then Governor of the British Virgin Islands,Augustus Jaspert. The terms of reference were to make "a full,faithful and impartial inquiry into whether there was information that corruption,abuse of office or other serious dishonesty in relation to officials,whether statutory,elected or public,may have taken place in recent years;if there were such information,to consider the conditions which allowed such conduct to take place and whether they may still exist;and,if appropriate,to make independent recommendations with a view to improving the standards of governance and the operation of the agencies of law enforcement and justice in the Territory".
Alvera Maduro-Caines is a British Virgin Islands politician. She is a ex member of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands for the Sixth District,a position that she has held since the 2011 general election. She was originally elected as a representative of the National Democratic Party but in 2020,she crossed the floor to join the Virgin Islands Party. She is the current Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism.
Shereen D. Flax-Charles is a British Virgin Islands politician. She is an At-large representative for the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands,a position that she has held since the 2019 general election. She is the current Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development.
Events from the year 2023 in the British Virgin Islands.
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 24 April 2023. The governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP) remained the largest party in the House of Assembly but lost its majority resulting in a hung parliament.
Events from the year 2024 in the British Virgin Islands.
