List of heads of state of Dominica

This article lists the governors and other administrators of Dominica (where known), during its time as a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1761–1778; 1784–1800), the Kingdom of France (1778–1784), and the United Kingdom (1800–1978).
In 1833, following the creation of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands, Dominica's governor was replaced by a Presidents , subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
In 1895, the president was replaced by an administrator, who remained subordinate to the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands until 1940, when Dominica was transferred to the Windward Islands Colony. From 1940 to 1958, the administrator was subordinate to the Governor of the Windward Islands. From 1958 to 1962, the presidents was subordinate to the Governor-General of the West Indies Federation.
In 1967, the presidents was replaced by a presidents, following Dominica's designation as an Associated State.
List of heads of state of Dominica
#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party1Thomas Indian Warner166416742Baron Willoughby167417003Tobias Frere170017064Claude Le Grand170617425Descasseaux Bontemps174217546Descasseaux175417547Louis Robert de la Touche de Longpré175417618Lord Rollo176117639Robert Melvill1763176510George Scott1765176811Sir William Young1768177312William Stewart1773177413Thomas Shirley1774177814William Stewart1778177815Marie-Charles du Chilleau1778178116Comte de Bourgon1781178217M. de Beaupré1782178418Sir John Orde1784178919Thomas Bruce1789179020Sir John Orde1790179221Thomas Bruce1792179422Henry Hamilton1794179623John Matson1796179724Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone1797180225George Prévost1802180526George Metcalfe1805180827Edward Barnes1808180828James Montgomerie1808180929Edward Barnes1809181230John Corlet1812181331George Robert Ainslie1813181432Benjamin Lucas1814181633Robert Reid1816181634Charles William Maxwell1816181935Robert Reid1819182036Samuel Ford Whittingham1820182137Robert Reid1821182238Earl of Huntingdon1822182439William Bremner1824182440William Nicolay1824182741John Laidlaw1827182842William Nicolay1828183043James Potter Lockhart1830183244Evan John Murray Mac Gregor1832183345Charles Marsh Schomberg1833183546James Potter Lockhart1835183747Henry Light1837183848John Longley1838183849S. Bridgewater1838183950John Macphail1839184351Dugald Stewart Laidlaw1843184552George McDonald1845195153Samuel Wensley Blackall1851186154Harry St. George Ord1857196055George Berkeley1860196156Thomas Price1861186457William Cleaver Francis Robinson1864186558James Robert Longden1865186759Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer1867186960Sanford Freeling1869187161Neale Porter1871187262Alexander Wilson Moir1872187363Charles Monroe Eldridge1873188264James Meade1882188765George Ruthven Le Hunte1887189466Edward Baynes1894189567Philip Arthur Templer1895189968Hesketh Bell1899190569William Douglas Young1905191470Edward Rawle Drayton1914191571Arthur William Mahaffy1915191972Robert Walter1919192373Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston1923192474Edward Carlyon Eliot1924192775Herbert Walter Peebles1927192876Edward Carlyon Eliot1928193077Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes1930193178Walter Andrew Bowring1931193379Henry Bradshaw Popham1933193780Thomas Edwin Percival Baynes1937193881James Scott Neill1938194682Edwin Porter Arrowsmith1946195283Henry Laurence Lindo1952196084Alec Lovelace19603 November 196585Geoffrey Colin Guy3 November 19653 November 1967Independent8660pxSir Louis Cools-Lartigue3 November 19671968Independent87Gerald Austin Winston1968196888Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue1968October 197089Eustace Hazelwood FrancisOctober 19703 November 197790Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
(1905–1993)3 November 19773 November 19789160pxSir Louis Cools-Lartigue3 November 197816 January 1979Independent9260pxFred Degazon16 January 197915 June 1979Independent93Pershing Waldron15 June 197915 June 19799460pxSir Louis Cools-Lartigue15 June 197916 June 1979Independent95Fred Degazon16 June 197921 June 1979Independent9660pxJenner B. M. Armour21 June 197925 February 1980Independent97Eden Bowers25 February 198025 February 19809860pxAurelius Marie25 February 198019 December 1983Independent99Marie Davis Pierre19 December 198319 December 198310060pxClarence Seignoret19 December 198325 October 1993Dominica Labour Party10160pxCrispin Sorhaindo25 October 19935 October 1998Dominica Freedom Party102Neva Edwards19951995103Crispin Sorhaindo19955 October 199810460pxVernon Shaw6 October 19982000United Workers' Party105Osborne Symes20002000106Vernon Shaw 20001 October 200310760pxNicholas Liverpool1 October 200317 September 2012Independent10860pxEliud Williams17 September 20122 October 2013Dominica Labour Party109Alix Boyd Knights2 October 20132 October 201311060pxCharles Savarin2 October 20132 October 2023Dominica Labour Party111Joseph Isaac10 February 202010 February
202011279x79pxCharles Savarin10 February
20202 October 202311360pxSylvanie Burton2 October 2023IncumbentDominica Labour Party

Related pages
 List of presidents of Dominica

Notes

References
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