Prime Minister of Vanuatu

The **prime minister of Vanuatu** is the head of government of the Republic of Vanuatu.

## List

|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Portrait|rowspan=2|Name|colspan=3|Term of office|rowspan=2|Political party|rowspan=2|Elected|rowspan=2|Government|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Walter Lini**|30 July 1980|6 September 1991||Vanua'aku Pati|1983 1987|Lini I–II–III|||||||
||**Donald Kalpokas**|6 September 1991|16 December 1991||Vanua'aku Pati|–|Lini III|||||||
||**Maxime Carlot Korman**|16 December 1991|21 December 1995||Union of Moderate Parties|1991|Korman I|||||||
||**Serge Vohor**|21 December 1995|23 February 1996||Union of Moderate Parties|1995|Vohor I|||||||
||**Maxime Carlot Korman**|23 February 1996|30 September 1996||Union of Moderate Parties|—|Korman II|||||||
||**Serge Vohor**|30 September 1996|30 March 1998||Union of Moderate Parties|—|Vohor II|||||||
||**Donald Kalpokas**|30 March 1998|25 November 1999||Vanua'aku Pati|1998|Kalpokas|||||||
||**Barak Sopé**|25 November 1999|13 April 2001||Melanesian Progressive Party|—|Sopé|||||||
||**Edward Natapei**|13 April 2001|29 July 2004||Vanua'aku Pati|2002|Natapei I–II|||||||
||**Serge Vohor**|29 July 2004|11 December 2004||Union of Moderate Parties|2004|Vohor III|||||||
||**Ham Lini**|11 December 2004|22 September 2008||National United Party|—|Lini|||||||
||**Edward Natapei**|22 September 2008|27 November 2009||Vanua'aku Pati|2008|Natapei III|||||||
||**Serge Vohor**|27 November 2009|5 December 2009||Union of Moderate Parties|—|Natapei III|||||||
||**Edward Natapei**|5 December 2009|2 December 2010||Vanua'aku Pati|—|Natapei III|||||||
||**Sato Kilman**|2 December 2010|24 April 2011||People's Progressive Party|—|Kilman I|||||||
||**Serge Vohor**|24 April 2011|13 May 2011||Union of Moderate Parties|—|Vohor IV|||||||
||**Sato Kilman**|13 May 2011|16 June 2011||People's Progressive Party|—|Kilman II|||||||
||**Edward Natapei**|16 June 2011|26 June 2011||Vanua'aku Pati|—|Interim|||||||
||**Sato Kilman**|26 June 2011|23 March 2013||People's Progressive Party|2012|Kilman III–IV|||||||
||**Moana Carcasses Kalosil**|23 March 2013|15 May 2014||Green Confederation|—|Carcasses|||||||
||**Joe Natuman**|15 May 2014|11 June 2015||Vanua'aku Pati|—|Natuman|||||||
||**Sato Kilman**|11 June 2015|11 February 2016||People's Progressive Party|—|Kilman V|||||||
||**Charlot Salwai**|11 February 2016|20 April 2020||Reunification Movement for Change|2016|Salwai I|||||||
||**Bob Loughman**|20 April 2020|4 November 2022||Vanua'aku Pati|2020|Loughman|||||||
||**Ishmael Kalsakau**|4 November 2022|4 September 2023||Union of Moderate Parties|2022|Kalsakau|||||||
||**Sato Kilman**|4 September 2023|6 October 2023||People's Progressive Party|—|Kilman VI|||||||
||**Charlot Salwai**|6 October 2023|_Incumbent_||Reunification Movement for Change|—|Salwai II|||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: Vanuatu
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Vanuatu.svg
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Vanuatu
- **image**: Charlot Salwai, ITU Telecom World 2016 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Charlot Salwai
- **incumbentsince**: 6 October 2023
- **termlength**: for as long as the Prime Minister has the confidence (politics), confidence of Parliament
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Vanuatu
- **formation**: 30 July 1980
- **first**: Walter Lini
- **salary**: Vanuatu vatu, Vt 67,846 weekly (32,295 USD annually)
- **website**: https://ogcio.gov.vu/