monarch predecessor successor governor_general constituency_mp imagesize party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
elizabeth ii james fitz-allen mitchell james fitz-allen mitchell ralph gonsalves charles antrobus east kingstown 230px new democratic party leader of the new democratic party 5 october 1944 prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines 27 october 2000 27 october 2000 15 june 1998 arnhim eustace.jpg arnhim eustace
 28 march 2001 arnhim ulric eustace
arnhim eustace

arnhim ulric eustace -lrb- born 5 october 1944 -rrb- is a vincentian politician and economist , who was the third prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines , and is the current leader of the new democratic party -lrb- ndp -rrb- .
eustace is currently the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for the constituency of east kingstown and the leader of the opposition in the house of assembly of saint vincent and the grenadines .
on 27 october 2000 , eustace succeeded james fitz-allen mitchell as the leader of the ndp .
eustace 's ndp was defeated in the 2001 general election in which the party was reduced to 3 seats , producing a majority government for the unity labour party .
in the 2005 general election , eustace 's ndp also won 3 seats .
the number required to form a majority in the house of assembly of saint vincent and the grenadines is 8 , and the ndp did not form government .
