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The following is a list of heads of government of the members states of CARICOM:
Only those persons who have been leaders since their country became a member of CARICOM are listed. The leaders are listed in order of their terms, with leaders serving twice only being listed in order of their first term:
Antigua and Barbuda: Vere Cornwall Bird, Lester Bird and Baldwin Spencer
Bahamas: Lynden Pindling, Hubert Ingraham (twice), Perry Christie (twice) and Hubert Minnis
Barbados: Errol Barrow (twice), Tom Adams, Bernard St. John, Erskine Sandiford, Owen Arthur, David Thompson, and Freundel Stuart[1]
Belize: George Cadle Price (twice), Manuel Esquivel (twice), Said Musa and Dean Barrow
Dominica: Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Patrick John, Oliver Seraphine, Dame Eugenia Charles, Edison James, Rosie Douglas, Pierre Charles and Osborne Riviere (acting)
Grenada: Eric Gairy, Maurice Bishop, Herbert A. Blaize, Ben Jones, Nicholas Brathwaite, George Brizan, Keith Mitchell (twice) and Tillman Thomas
Guyana 1: Arthur Chung, Forbes Burnham, Desmond Hoyte, Cheddi Jagan, Sam Hinds, Janet Jagan, Bharrat Jagdeo (twice), Donald Ramotar and David A. Granger
Haiti 2: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, René Préval, Michel Martelly, Jocelerme Privert (acting) and Jovenel Moïse
Jamaica: Michael Manley (twice), Edward Seaga, P. J. Patterson, Portia Simpson-Miller (twice), Bruce Golding and Andrew Holness (twice, also incumbent)
Montserrat: Percival Austin Bramble, John Osborne (twice), Reuben Meade (twice), Bertrand Osborne, David Brandt, Lowell Lewis and Donaldson Romeo
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Robert L. Bradshaw, Paul Southwell, Lee Moore, Kennedy Simmonds and Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia: John Compton (thrice), Allan Louisy, Winston Cenac, Michael Pilgrim (interim), Vaughan Lewis, Kenny Anthony (thrice), Stephenson King, and Allen Chastanet
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (twice), Milton Cato and Arnhim Eustace
Suriname: Ronald Venetiaan (twice), Jules Wijdenbosch and Desi Bouterse
Trinidad and Tobago: Eric Williams, George Chambers, A.N.R. Robinson, Patrick Manning (twice), Basdeo Panday and Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Heads of Government have also established a Quasi-Cabinet arrangement to further advance specific issues/areas within the Community. The decision to establish the Quasi-Cabinet was taken at their Seventh Special Meeting (October 1999, Trinidad and Tobago), convened to deliberate on a Vision for the future of the Region. Within the Quasi-Cabinet, individual Heads of Government have responsibility for critical areas of Community Development.
The Quasi-Cabinet Portfolio allocation is set out overleaf.
As part of efforts to strengthen the Quasi-Cabinet functioning, Heads of Government undertook a review of the Portfolio allocations in July 2010, at their Thirty-First Regular Meeting held in Jamaica
These are some of the areas which have been assigned: (both officially and by national special interest.)
- Antigua and Barbuda ... Lead Head of Government for Services
- Bahamas ... Lead Head of Government for Tourism (including Land, Cruise, ACP/EU Partnership Agreement provisions etc)
- Barbados ... Lead Head of Government for the CSME (including Monetary Union)
- Belize ... Lead Head of Government for Justice and Governance
- Dominica ... Lead Head of Government for Labour (including intra-Community movement of skills)
- Grenada ... Lead Head of Government for Science and Technology (including Information and Communications)
- Guyana ... Lead Head of Government for Agriculture, Agricultural Diversification and Food Security (including the Regional Transformation Programme (RTP) and Bananas)
- Jamaica ... Lead Head of Government for External Trade Negotiations
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ... Head of Government for Human Resource Development, Health and HIV/AIDS
- Saint Lucia ... Lead Head of Government for Sustainable Development (including Environment and Disaster Management and Water)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ... Lead Head of Government for Transport (Maritime and Aviation)
- Suriname ... Lead Head of Government for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation (including Culture, Gender, Youth and Sport)
- Trinidad and Tobago ... Lead Head of Government for Energy and Security
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