List of prime ministers of Barbados

This is a list of prime ministers of Barbados.

Premiers of Barbados (1953–1966)

Elizabeth II (1953–66)

Barbados Labour (2)      Democratic Labour (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Governor
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	75px	The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Herbert Adams CMG QC MP for Saint Joseph (1898–1971)	1951	1 February 1953	17 April 1958		rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Sir Alfred Savage Brigadier Robert Arundell
			1956
2	75px	Hugh Gordon Cummins MP for Saint Thomas (1891–1970)	—	17 April 1958	8 December 1961		Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Brigadier Sir Robert Arundell Sir John Montague Stow
3	75px	The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)	1961	8 December 1961	30 November 1966		Template:Party shading/Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) | Democratic Labour	Sir John Montague Stow

Prime ministers of Barbados (1966–2021)

Elizabeth II (1966–2021)

Democratic Labour (4)      Barbados Labour (4)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Governor-General
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	75px	The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)	1966	30 November 1966	8 September 1976		rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) | Democratic Labour	Sir John Montague Stow Sir Arleigh Winston Scott
			1971
2	75px	The Right Honourable John "Tom" Adams QC MP for Saint Thomas (1931–1985)	1976	8 September 1976	11 March 1985		rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Sir Deighton Lisle Ward Sir Hugh Springer
			1981
3	75px	The Right Honourable Sir Bernard St. John KA MP for Christ Church East Central (1931–2004)	—	11 March 1985	29 May 1986		Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Sir Hugh Springer
(1)	75px	The Right Excellent Errol Barrow PC QC MP for Saint John (1920–1987)	1986	29 May 1986	1 June 1987		Template:Party shading/Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) | Democratic Labour	Sir Hugh Springer
4		The Right Honourable Sir Erskine Sandiford KA PC MP for Saint Michael South (born 1937)	—	1 June 1987	7 September 1994		rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) | Democratic Labour	Sir Hugh Springer Dame Nita Barrow
			1991
5		The Right Honourable Owen Arthur PC MP for Saint Peter (1949–2020)	1994	See also § Arthur Cabinet			rowspan="4" Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Dame Nita Barrow Sir Clifford Husbands
				7 September 1994	16 January 2008
			1999
			2003
6	75px	The Honourable David Thompson QC MP for Saint John (1961–2010)	2008	16 January 2008	23 October 2010		Template:Party shading/Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) | Democratic Labour	Sir Clifford Husbands
7	75px	The Right Honourable Freundel Stuart PC QC MP for Saint Michael South (born 1951)	—	See also § Stuart Cabinet			rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) | Democratic Labour	Sir Clifford Husbands Sir Elliott Belgrave Dame Sandra Mason
				23 October 2010	25 May 2018
			2013
8	75px	The Honourable Mia Mottley QC MP for Saint Michael North East (born 1965)	2018	See also § Mottley Cabinet			rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Dame Sandra Mason
				25 May 2018	Incumbent

Prime ministers of the Republic of Barbados (2021–present)

President of Barbados (2021-present)

Barbados Labour (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	President
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	75px	The Honourable Mia Mottley QC MP for Saint Michael North East (born 1965)	2018	See also § Mottley Cabinet			rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Barbados Labour Party | Barbados Labour	Dame Sandra Mason
				25 May 2018	Incumbent

See also

• Ilaro Court
• Elections in Barbados
• Politics of Barbados
• Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
• Governor-General of Barbados
• List of Commonwealth of Nations prime ministers
• List of current members of the British Privy Council

Notes

^† Died in office.

External links

• Barbados Elections
• Leaders of Barbados
• Rulers of Barbados - From settlement to present
• Flag of the Prime Minister of Barbados