List of presidents of Dominica

The president of Dominica is the head of state which was created by the Constitution of 1978, the year of Dominica's independence.[3]

President of the
State of Dominica
Flag of the President of Dominica.svg
Incumbent
Sylvanie Burton

since 2 October 2023
Term length5 years, renewable[1]
Inaugural holderSir Louis Cools-Lartigue
Formation3 November 1978
Salary91,000 XCD annually[2]
Websitehttp://presidentoffice.gov.dm/

List

Status
# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
1 No image.png Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993)
3 November 1978 16 January 1979 Independent
2 No image.png Fred Degazon
(1913–2008)[a]
16 January 1979 15 June 1979 Independent
3 No image.png Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993)[b]
15 June 1979 16 June 1979 Independent
4 Fred Degazon

(1913–2008)

16 June 1979 21 June 1979 Independent
5 Jenner Armour.jpg Jenner B. M. Armour
(1932–2001)[4][c]
21 June 1979 25 February 1980 Independent
6 No image.png Aurelius Marie
(1904–1995)
25 February 1980 19 December 1983 Independent
7 No image.png Clarence Seignoret
(1919–2002)[d]
19 December 1983 25 October 1993 Dominica Labour Party
8 No image.png Crispin Sorhaindo
(1931–2010)
25 October 1993 5 October 1998 Dominica Freedom Party
9 No image.png Vernon Shaw
(1930–2013)
6 October 1998 1 October 2003 United Workers' Party
10 Nicholas Liverpool.jpg Nicholas Liverpool
(1934–2015)
1 October 2003 17 September 2012 Independent
11 No image.png Eliud Williams
(1948–)
17 September 2012 2 October 2013 Dominica Labour Party
12 Savarin entering (cropped).jpg Charles Savarin
(1943–)
2 October 2013 2 October 2023 Dominica Labour Party
13 No image.png Sylvanie Burton
(1965–)
2 October 2023 Incumbent Dominica Labour Party

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Notes

  1. Left Dominica on 11 June 1979.
  2. Acting for Degazon.
  3. Acting for Degazon until 29 January 1980.
  4. Sir Clarence Seignoret from 25 October 1985.

References

  1. "Establishment of Office - Office of the President". presidentoffice.gov.dm. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (13 October 2008). "PRESIDENT'S EMOLUMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF OFFICE (AMENDMENT) ACT 8" (PDF). www.dominica.gov.dm.
  3. Lawrence, Alick C. (2007), The Constitution, The Government & You: An introduction to the Constitution and Governance of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Pont Casse Press, pp. 37–38, ISBN 978-0-9737347-5-1
  4. "Index Ar-As". www.rulers.org.