| Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
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| Style | Mr Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (informal) The Right Honourable (within the Commonwealth) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Type | Head of government |
| Appointer | Governor-General |
| Term length | No term limit |
| Formation | 19 September 1983; 42 years ago (1983-09-19) |
| First holder | Kennedy Simmonds |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Salary | EC$137,280/US$ 50,844 annually[1] |
| Website | www |
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Theprime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis is thehead of government of theFederation of Saint Christopher and Nevis. The current Prime Minister isTerrance Drew since 6 August 2022.
The office of prime minister is established by section 52 of theconstitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis, which provides that thegovernor-general must appoint the Representative in theNational Assembly who "appears to him or her likely to command the support of the majority of the Representatives".[2]
If ano-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]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Paul Southwell (1913–1979) | 1 January 1960 | July 1966 | 6 years, 6 months | SKNLP | 1961 |
| 2 | .jpg) | Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (1916–1978) | July 1966 | 27 February 1967 | 7 months | SKNLP | 1966 |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | | Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (1916–1978) | 27 February 1967 | 23 May 1978 † | 11 years, 85 days | SKNLP | 1971 1975 |
| 2 | | Paul Southwell (1913–1979) | 23 May 1978 | 18 May 1979 † | 360 days | SKNLP | — |
| 3 | | Lee Moore (1939–2000) | 20 May 1979 | 21 February 1980 | 277 days | SKNLP | — |
| 4 |  | Kennedy Simmonds (born 1936) | 21 February 1980 | 19 September 1983 | 3 years, 210 days | PAM | 1980 |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | | Kennedy Simmonds (born 1936) | 19 September 1983 | 7 July 1995 | 11 years, 291 days | PAM | 1984 1989 1993 |
| 2 |  | Denzil Douglas (born 1953) | 7 July 1995 | 18 February 2015 | 19 years, 226 days | SKNLP | 1995 2000 2004 2010 |
| 3 |  | Timothy Harris (born 1964) | 18 February 2015 | 6 August 2022 | 7 years, 169 days | PLP | 2015 2020 |
| 4 | | Terrance Drew (born 1976) | 6 August 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 110 days | SKNLP | 2022 |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 4 | | Terrance Drew (born 1976) | 6 August 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 110 days | SKNLP | 2022 |
This is agraphicallifespan timeline of prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis. They are listed in order of office (Southwell is shown in order of his first premiership).
