Sylvanie Burton | |
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9th President of Dominica | |
Assumed office 2 October 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Roosevelt Skerrit |
Preceded by | Charles Savarin |
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Born | Salybia, Kalinago Territory, Dominica |
Political party | Dominica Labour Party |
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Sylvanie Burton with the Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Sustainable Energy, 3-4 June 2019, London |
Sylvanie Burton is a politician from Dominica who has served as the president of Dominica since 2023, after being elected in the 2023 Dominican presidential election. She is the first woman and first Indigenous (Kalinago) president of Dominica.[1]