List of presidents of Dominica

President of the
State of Dominica
The flag of the President of Dominica
Incumbent
Sylvanie Burton
since 2 October 2023
Term length5 years, renewable
Inaugural holderSir Louis Cools-Lartigue
Formation3 November 1978
Salary91,000 XCD annually
Websitehttp://presidentoffice.gov.dm/

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

List

Status
# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
1 Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993)		 3 November 1978 16 January 1979 Independent
2 Fred Degazon
(1913–2008)		 16 January 1979 15 June 1979 Independent
3 Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993)		 15 June 1979 16 June 1979 Independent
4 Fred Degazon

(1913–2008)

 16 June 1979 21 June 1979 Independent
5 Jenner B. M. Armour
(1932–2001)		 21 June 1979 25 February 1980 Independent
6 Aurelius Marie
(1904–1995)		 25 February 1980 19 December 1983 Independent
7 Clarence Seignoret
(1919–2002)		 19 December 1983 25 October 1993 Dominica Labour Party
8 Crispin Sorhaindo
(1931–2010)		 25 October 1993 5 October 1998 Dominica Freedom Party
9 Vernon Shaw
(1930–2013)		 6 October 1998 1 October 2003 United Workers' Party
10 Nicholas Liverpool
(1934–2015)		 1 October 2003 17 September 2012 Independent
11 Eliud Williams
(1948–)		 17 September 2012 2 October 2013 Dominica Labour Party
12 Charles Savarin
(1943–)		 2 October 2013 2 October 2023 Dominica Labour Party
13 Sylvanie Burton
(1965–)		 2 October 2023 Incumbent Dominica Labour Party

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.