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[1]
Inaugural holderSir Louis Cools-Lartigue
Formation3 November 1978
Salary91,000 XCD annually[2]
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.[3]

List

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Status
  Denotes interim or acting president
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
— Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993) 		3 November 1978 16 January 1979 74 days Independent
1 Fred Degazon
(1913–2008)[a] 		16 January 1979 29 January 1980 1 year, 13 days Independent
— Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993)[b] 		15 June 1979 16 June 1979 1 day Independent
— Jenner B. M. Armour
(1932–2001)[5][c] 		21 June 1979 25 February 1980 249 days Independent
2 Aurelius Marie
(1904–1995) 		25 February 1980 19 December 1983 3 years, 297 days Independent
3 Clarence Seignoret
(1919–2002)[d] 		19 December 1983 25 October 1993 9 years, 310 days Dominica Labour Party
4 Crispin Sorhaindo
(1931–2010) 		25 October 1993 5 October 1998 4 years, 345 days Dominica Freedom Party
5 Vernon Shaw
(1930–2013) 		6 October 1998 1 October 2003 4 years, 360 days United Workers' Party
6 Nicholas Liverpool
(1934–2015) 		1 October 2003 17 September 2012 8 years, 352 days Independent
7 Eliud Williams
(1948–) 		17 September 2012 2 October 2013 1 year, 15 days Dominica Labour Party
8 Charles Savarin
(1943–) 		2 October 2013 2 October 2023 10 years, 0 days Dominica Labour Party
9 Sylvanie Burton
(1965–) 		2 October 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 86 days
(as of 27 December 2024) 		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. ↑ "Administering Officers - Office of the President". presidentoffice.gov.dm.
  5. ↑ "Index Ar-As". www.rulers.org.