Sylvanie Burton | |
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.jpg) Burton in 2025 | |
| 9thPresident of Dominica | |
| Assumed office 2 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Roosevelt Skerrit |
| Preceded by | Charles Savarin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Salybia,Kalinago Territory, Dominica |
| Political party | Dominica Labour Party |
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 Sylvanie Burton with the Pan-Commonwealth Forum onSustainable Energy, 3-4 June 2019, London |
Sylvanie Burton is a politician from Dominica who has served as thepresident of Dominica since 2023, after being elected in the2023 Dominican presidential election. She is the first woman and first Indigenous (Kalinago) president of Dominica.[1]
Burton has served as permanent secretary in various ministries since 2014, within the ministries of Community Development, Environment, Rural Modernization, Kalinago Upliftment, and Constituency Empowerment, Foreign Affairs, Trade, Youth and Social Services. Burton has also previously held the position of Development Officer in the Ministry of Kalinago Affairs.[2]
Burton was nominated by the DLP government led byRoosevelt Skerrit to succeed outgoing president Charles Savarin. Her nomination was rejected by the leader of the opposition, Jesma Paul Victor, leading to an election within parliament against the opposition's nominee.[3]
Burton is married with two children.[4] She was 58 years old in August 2023[2] or born in 1956.[5] She has a master's degree in project management[2] from theUniversity of Manchester, England,[5] and a bachelor's degree in rural development[2] from theSt. Francis Xavier University, Canada.[5]
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| Preceded by | President of Dominica 2023–present | Incumbent |
