List of presidents of Dominica
President of the Commonwealth of Dominica | |
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Residence | Government House in Roseau |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue |
Formation | 3 November 1978 |
Salary | 91,000 XCD annually |
Website | http://presidentoffice.gov.dm/ |
The president of Dominica is the head of state under the system implemented by the Constitution of 1978, the year of Dominica's independence.
The current president is Sylvanie Burton, since 2 October 2023.
List of officeholders
- Status
Denotes interim or acting president
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue (1905–1993) |
— | 3 November 1978 | 16 January 1979 | 74 days | Independent | |
1 |
Fred Degazon (1913–2008) |
— | 16 January 1979 | 29 January 1980 | 1 year, 13 days | Independent | |
— |
Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue (1905–1993) |
— | 15 June 1979 | 16 June 1979 | 1 day | Independent | |
— |
Jenner B. M. Armour (1932–2001) |
— | 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) |
1983 1988 | 19 December 1983 | 25 October 1993 | 9 years, 310 days | Independent | |
4 |
Crispin Sorhaindo (1931–2010) |
1993 | 25 October 1993 | 5 October 1998 | 4 years, 345 days | Independent | |
5 |
Vernon Shaw (1930–2013) |
1998 | 6 October 1998 | 1 October 2003 | 4 years, 360 days | Independent | |
6 |
Nicholas Liverpool (1934–2015) |
2003 2008 |
1 October 2003 | 17 September 2012 | 8 years, 352 days | Independent | |
7 |
Eliud Williams (born 1948) |
— | 17 September 2012 | 2 October 2013 | 1 year, 15 days | Independent | |
8 |
Charles Savarin (born 1943) |
2013 2018 |
2 October 2013 | 2 October 2023 | 10 years | Dominica Labour Party | |
9 |
Sylvanie Burton (born 1965) |
2023 | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | 93 days | Dominica Labour Party |