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

Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sir. (WordPress.com)

Time in Office

1981-1994

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

85,567

Date of Last Census

2011

Vere Bird (1910-1999)

Gaston Browne (Resilient Caribbean-Caricom)

Time in Office

2014-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

85,567

Date of Last Census

2011

Gaston Browne (1967- )

Bahamas

Time in Office

1973-1992

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

369,370

Date of Last Census

2015

Lynden Pindling (1930–2000)

Time in Office

2021-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

369,370

Date of Last Census

2015

Philip Edward “Brave” Davis (1951- )

Barbados

Time in Office

1958-1962

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

277,621

Date of Last Census

2010

Grantley Herbert Adams (1898-1971)

Time in Office

2021-

Title

President

Recent Population

277,621

Date of Last Census

2010

Sandra Prunella Mason (1949- )

Belize

Time in Office

1981-1984

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

397,621

Date of Last Census

2020

George Cadle Price (1919–2011)

Time in Office

2020-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

397,621

Date of Last Census

2020

John Antonio Briceño (1960- )

Cuba

Díaz-Canel posing on a red carpet with a plane in the background

Time in Office

2019-

Title

President

Recent Population

11,238,317

Date of Last Census

2014

Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960- )

Time in Office

1902-1908

Title

President

Recent Population

11,238,317

Date of Last Census

2014

Tomás Estrada Palma (1835-1908)

Dominica

Time in Office

1979-1980

Title

President

Recent Population

71,293

Date of Last Census

2011

Fred Degazon (1913-2008)

Time in Office

2013-

Title

President

Recent Population

71,293

Date of Last Census

2011

Charles Savarin (1943- )

Dominican Republic

Rare Photo of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (Wikipedia)

Time in Office

1844-1844

Title

President

Recent Population

10,911,813

Date of Last Census

2015

Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817-1861)

Time in Office

2020-

Title

President

Recent Population

10,911,813

Date of Last Census

2015

Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (1967- )

Grenada

Time in Office

1984-1989

Title

President

Recent Population

103,328

Date of Last Census

2011

Herbert Blaize (1918-1989)

Keith Mitchell (The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States)

Time in Office

2013-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

103,328

Date of Last Census

2011

Keith Mitchell (1946- )

Guyana

Time in Office

1970-1980

Title

President

Recent Population

786,559

Date of Last Census

2020

Arthur Chung (1918–2008)

Time in Office

2020-

Title

President

Recent Population

786,559

Date of Last Census

2020

Irfaan Ali (1980- )

Haiti

Time in Office

2021-

Title

President

Recent Population

9,980,243

Date of Last Census

2015

Ariel Henry (1949- )

Time in Office

1804-1806

Title

Emperor

Recent Population

9,980,243

Date of Last Census

2015

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806)

Jamaica

Sir William Alexander and Gladys (Lady Bustamante) (National Portrait Gallery)

Time in Office

1962-1967

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

2,723,246

Date of Last Census

2014

Alexander Bustamante (1884-1977)

Time in Office

2016-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

2,723,246

Date of Last Census

2014

Andrew Michael Holness
(1972- )

Saint Lucia

Time in Office

1979-1979

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

166,526

Date of Last Census

2010

John Compton (1925–2007)

Time in Office

2021-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

166,526

Date of Last Census

2010

Philip J. Pierre (1954/1955- )

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Kennedy Simmonds (The St. Kitts Nevis Observer)

Time in Office

1983-1995

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

46,204

Date of Last Census

2011

Sir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )

Time in Office

2015-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

46,204

Date of Last Census

2011

Timothy Harris (1964- )

Saint Vincent & The Grenadines

Time in Office

1979-1984

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

109,434

Date of Last Census

2014

Milton Cato (1915-1997)

Ralph Gonsalves (Caribbean National Weekly)

Time in Office

2001-

Title

Prime Minister

Recent Population

109,434

Date of Last Census

2014

Ralph Gonsalves (1946- )

Suriname

Time in Office

1975-1980

Title

President

Recent Population

586,634

Date of Last Census

2020

Johan Ferrier (1910–2010)

Time in Office

2020-

Title

President

Recent Population

586,634

Date of Last Census

2020

Chandrikapersad Santokhi (1959- )

Trinidad & Tobago

Time in Office

1976-1986

Title

President

Recent Population

1,349,667

Date of Last Census

2015

Sir Ellis Clarke (1917–2010)

Time in Office

2018-

Title

President

Recent Population

1,349,667

Date of Last Census

2015