Chairperson of the Barbuda Council explained

Post:	Chairperson
Body:	Barbuda Council
Flag:	Barbuda Council Flag.svg
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Barbuda Council
Insignia:	Antigua and Barbuda Coat of Arms.svg
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the Barbuda Council
Incumbent:	Devon Warner
Incumbentsince:	16 January 2024
Deputy:	Vice Chairperson of the Barbuda Council (Mackenzie Frank)

The Chairperson of the Barbuda Council is the leader of the Barbuda Council. Established by the Barbuda Local Government Act of 1976,^[1] the first council election was on March 22, 1979.^[2]

Role

The council's members vote for the chairperson. Every January or at the first council meeting following an election, the chair is chosen. The representative representing Barbuda in the House of Representatives is in charge of the council meeting when a chairperson is being chosen. The members elect a Chairman, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy caused if the Chairman resigns, dies, or is otherwise ineligible to serve on the Council during its term.

Any elected member of the Council who misses three consecutive meetings without the Chairman's permission, leaves Antigua and Barbuda for more than sixty days without the Chairman's permission, or otherwise behaves in a way that would disqualify him from election ceases to be a member, and his seat becomes vacant. The Chairman shall promptly notify the minister responsible for Barbuda Affairs and the supervisor of elections of this change.
Any member of the Council may quit by writing a letter of resignation under his or her hand addressed to the Chairman or, in the case of the Chairman, the Secretary.
By-laws may be created by the Council and must be signed by both the Chairman and the Secretary to be valid.
All withdrawals from the Barbuda Council deposit account must be authorized in writing by the Secretary and countersigned by the Chairman.

List

Below is a table of the chairpersons of the Barbuda Council.

Incumbent	Tenure		Party
Incumbent	Took office	Left office	Party
Claude Earl Francis	1977	Feb 1978
McChesney George	1978	1979	ABLP
Hilbourne Frank (1st time)	1979^[3]	1985	BPM
Arthur Nibbs (1st time)	1985	1987	ONR^[4]
Emmanuel Punter	1987?	1989?	BPM
Hilbourne Frank (2nd time)	1989	1996	BPM
John Thomas	1996	1997^[5]	ABLP
Arthur Nibbs (2nd time)	1997	April 2001	BPM
Fabian Jones (1st time)	April 2001	2005	BPM
Lincoln Burton	2005	19 January 2006	BPM
Randolph Beazer	19 January 2006	9 January 2008	BPM
Fabian Jones (2nd time)	9 January 2008	31 March 2009	BPM
Kelvin Punter	1 April 2009	March 2013	BPM
Arthur Nibbs (3rd time)	March 2013	31 March 2015	ABLP
David Shaw	1 April 2015	March 2017	ABLP
Knacyntar Nedd	March 2017	9 May 2018	ABLP
Wayde Burton	9 May 2018	7 January 2020	BPM
Calsey Joseph	7 January 2020	12 April 2021	BPM
Jacklyn Frank	12 April 2021^[6]	January 2022	BPM
Mackenzie Frank	January 2022	16 January 2024	BPM
Devon Warner	16 January 2024	present	BPM

Additionally, the council was chaired by Francilla Francis / Francine Francis before 1995,^[7] ^[8] probably sometime between 1984 and 1988.^[9]

References

Web site: Local Government.
http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-44.pdf
Web site: Dictionaries of Contemporary Politics . Routledge . en . 25 February 2021.
Web site: Banks (red.) . Arthur Sparrow . Political handbook of the world: 1987 : governments and intergovernmental organizations as of March 15, 1987 : (with major political developments noted through June 30, 1987) . CSA Publications . en . 1987.
Web site: Caribbean Insight . Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean) . en . 1997.
Web site: Jackie Frank is new Barbuda Council Chair - Antigua Observer Newspaper . web.archive.org . 29 September 2021.
Web site: Barbudans Angry at Invasion by Diana . AP NEWS . en.
Web site: Calsey Beazer-Joseph chairs re-constituted Barbuda Council – Antigua Observer Newspaper . web.archive.org . 9 January 2020.
Web site: Ermina Osoba - Women in Management and Decision-Making Processes in Antigua and Barbuda: A Statistical Analysis . global.uwi.edu.