Caribbean Heads of State

Caribbean Heads of State (Caricom)

Welcome to our Caribbean Heads of State page. What you see below are the profiles of the first post-Independence Heads of State of 16 Caribbean nations and their contemporary counterparts, the current Heads of State. Please return to the page often as we will update it when new Heads of State are chosen. If you have questions or concerns about this page, please contact us at [email protected].

Antigua & Barbuda

Vere Bird (1910-1999)

Gaston Browne (1967- )

Bahamas

Lynden Pindling (1930–2000)

Philip Edward “Brave” Davis (1951- )

Barbados

Grantley Herbert Adams (1898-1971)

Sandra Prunella Mason (1949- )

Belize

George Cadle Price (1919–2011)

John Antonio Briceño (1960- )

Cuba

Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960- )

Tomás Estrada Palma (1835-1908)

Dominica

Fred Degazon (1913-2008)

Charles Savarin (1943- )

Dominican Republic

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817-1861)

Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (1967- )

Grenada

Herbert Blaize (1918-1989)

Keith Mitchell (1946- )

Guyana

Arthur Chung (1918–2008)

Irfaan Ali (1980- )

Haiti

Ariel Henry (1949- )

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806)

Jamaica

Alexander Bustamante (1884-1977)

Andrew Michael Holness
(1972- )

Saint Lucia

John Compton (1925–2007)

Philip J. Pierre (1954/1955- )

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Sir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )

Timothy Harris (1964- )

Saint Vincent & The Grenadines

Milton Cato (1915-1997)

Ralph Gonsalves (1946- )

Suriname

Johan Ferrier (1910–2010)

Chandrikapersad Santokhi (1959- )

Trinidad & Tobago

Sir Ellis Clarke (1917–2010)

Paula Mae Weekes (1958- )