Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies,in the Caribbean region of North America and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It lies on the boundary of the South American and the Caribbean Plates. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Barbados is an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea,situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Roughly triangular in shape,the island measures some 21 miles (34 km) from northwest to southeast and about 14 miles (23 km) from east to west at its widest point. The capital and largest town is Bridgetown,which is also the main seaport.
The politics of Barbados function within a framework of a parliamentary republic with strong democratic traditions;constitutional safeguards for nationals of Barbados include:freedom of speech,press,worship,movement,and association.
Owen Seymour Arthur was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams,CMG,QC was a Barbadian politician. He served as the inaugural premier of Barbados from 1953 to 1958 and then became the first and only prime minister of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP),and he was named in 1998 as one of the National Heroes of Barbados.
The prime minister of Barbados is the head of government of Barbados. The prime minister is appointed by the president under the terms of the Constitution. As the nominal holder of executive authority,the president holds responsibility for conducting parliamentary elections and for proclaiming one of the candidates as prime minister.
Dame Billie Antoinette Miller,DA,OOC is a Barbadian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister. Miller is a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).
Errol Walton Barrow was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados. Born into a family of political and civic activists in the parish of Saint Lucy,he became a WWII aviator,combat veteran,lawyer,politician,gourmet cook and author. He is often referred to as the "Father of Independence" in Barbados.
Sir Harold Bernard St. John,KA was a Barbadian politician who served as the third prime minister of Barbados from 1985 to 1986. To date,he is the shortest serving Barbadian prime minister. He was leader of the Barbados Labour Party from 1970 to 1971 and again from 1985 to 1987. He was widely known as Bree.
Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford,KA,PC was a Barbadian politician. He served as the fourth prime minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994,and later served as Barbados' first resident ambassador in Beijing,China,from 2010 to 2013.
Dr. Hugh Gordon Hylvestra Cummins was a Barbadian politician. He served as Premier of Barbados from 17 April 1958 to 8 December 1961 and was a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Barbados.
David John Howard Thompson was the sixth prime minister of Barbados from 15 January 2008 until his death from pancreatic cancer on 23 October 2010.
Mia Amor Mottley,is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system,following constitutional changes she introduced that abolished the country's constitutional monarchy.
Lionel Seymour Craig,CHB,was a Barbadian politician and a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). He served as a Member of the Parliament of Barbados for Saint James from 1966 to 1986. He was also a Cabinet Minister between 1976 and 1986,including a tenure as Minister of Housing from 1976 and 1981,as well as the Minister of Labour.
General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly,resulting in BLP leader Mia Mottley becoming the country's first female Prime Minister. The BLP's victory was the first time a party had won every seat in the House of Assembly. Previously,the most one-sided result for a Barbadian election had been in 1999,when the BLP won 26 of the 28 seats. The BLP's 73.5 percent vote share was also the highest on record.
Charles A. "Charlie" Skeete was a Barbadian economist and diplomat. He served as Barbados' Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1983 and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American States (OAS) during the 1980s.
Sir Louis Randall Tull KA SC MP is a Barbados criminal attorney-at-Law and former BLP Member of Parliament.
Joseph Junior Sylvester Atherley is a Barbadian religious minister and politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of Barbados from 2018 to 2022,and as leader of the People's Party for Democracy and Development since 8 June 2019.
Ernest Deighton Mottley CBE was a Barbadian politician,leader of the Barbados National Party,and first mayor of Bridgetown (1959). He was a member of the House of Assembly of Barbados from 1946 to 1971.
