The deputy prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda is the deputy head of government of that country. Nobody holds the position currently.
Deputy Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | Five years |
Precursor | Deputy Premier |
Formation | 11 February 1971 (as Deputy Premier)[1] |
First holder | Sir Robert Hall[2] |
Since 2014, there have been Senior Ministers appointed. First Lester Bird, then Robin Yearwood (from 2018[3] to 2023[4]).
Deputy Premier
editName | Political Party | Constituency | Premier | Took office | Left office | Source |
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Robert Hall | Progressive Labour Movement | St. Mary's North | George Walter | 1971 | 1976[5] | [6] |
Lester Bird | Antigua Labour Party | Vere Bird | February 1976 | November 1982 | [7][8] |
Deputy Prime Minister
editName | Political Party | Constituency | Prime Minister | Took office | Left office | Source |
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Lester Bird | Antigua Labour Party | St. John's Rural East | Vere Bird | November 1982 | 1991[9] | [10] |
Lester Bird | Antigua Labour Party | St. John's Rural East | Vere Bird | 1992[11] | March 1994 | |
Robin Yearwood | Antigua Labour Party | St. Philip's North | Lester Bird | 26 January 2001 | March 2004 | [12] |
Willmoth Daniel | United Progressive Party | St. Philip's North | Baldwin Spencer | 26 March 2004[13] | May 2009[14] | [15] |
Willmoth Daniel | United Progressive Party | St. Philip's North | Baldwin Spencer | 2010[16] | June 2014 |
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- ^ "Sir Lester remembered not only as former statesman and national hero – but devoted father". Antigua Observer Newspaper. 11 August 2021.
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- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1991Jan-June". HathiTrust. CIA. hdl:2027/osu.32435024019754.
- ^ "Caribbean Elections | Past Cabinets of Antigua and Barbuda". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1992 no.4-5". HathiTrust. CIA. hdl:2027/msu.31293009634563.
- ^ "Caribbean Elections | Past Cabinets of Antigua and Barbuda". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "Antigua and Barbuda: Cabinet". pdba.georgetown.edu.
- ^ Lansford, Tom (31 May 2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5443-8473-3.
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- ^ "Antigua and Barbuda Chiefs of State 2010, CIA World Factbook". CIA.