Post: | President |
Body: | the Commonwealth of Dominica |
Insignia: | Flag of the President of Dominica.svgborder |
Insigniasize: | 165px |
Insigniacaption: | Flag of the president of Dominica |
Incumbent: | Sylvanie Burton |
Incumbentsince: | 2 October 2023 |
Residence: | Government House in Roseau |
Termlength: | 5 years, renewable once[1] |
Formation: | 3 November 1978 |
Salary: | 91,000 XCD annually[2] |
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.
Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
— | Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue | — | 3 November 1978 | 16 January 1979 | Independent | |||
1 | Fred Degazon | — | 16 January 1979 | 29 January 1980 | Independent | |||
— | Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue | — | 15 June 1979 | 16 June 1979 | Independent | |||
— | Jenner B. M. Armour | — | 21 June 1979 | 25 February 1980 | Independent | |||
2 | Aurelius Marie | — | 25 February 1980 | 19 December 1983 | Independent | |||
3 | Clarence Seignoret | 19 December 1983 | 25 October 1993 | Independent | ||||
4 | Crispin Sorhaindo | 25 October 1993 | 5 October 1998 | Independent | ||||
5 | Vernon Shaw | 6 October 1998 | 1 October 2003 | Independent | ||||
6 | Nicholas Liverpool | 2003 2008 | 1 October 2003 | 17 September 2012 | Independent | |||
7 | Eliud Williams | — | 17 September 2012 | 2 October 2013 | Independent | |||
8 | Charles Savarin | 2013 2018 | 2 October 2013 | 2 October 2023 | years | DLP | ||
9 | Sylvanie Burton | 2023 | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | DLP |