Post: | Prime Minister |
Body: | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100 |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Incumbentsince: | 6 August 2022 |
Style: | Mr Prime Minister The Honourable The Right Honourable His Excellency |
Type: | Head of government |
Appointer: | Governor-General |
Termlength: | No term limit |
First: | Kennedy Simmonds |
Deputy: | Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Salary: | EC$137,280/US$ 50,844 annually[1] |
The prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the head of government of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis. The current Prime Minister is Terrance Drew since 6 August 2022.
The office of prime minister is established by section 52 of the constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis, which provides that the governor-general must appoint the Representative in the National Assembly who "appears to him or her likely to command the support of the majority of the Representatives".[2]
If a no-confidence motion in the prime minister is passed by the National Assembly, the prime minister must either resign with three days or advise the governor-general to dissolve the assembly and call a general election. If this does not occur, the governor-general must remove the prime minister from office. The office of prime minister also becomes vacant if the officeholder ceases to become a member of the National Assembly (other than by dissolution of parliament).[2]