Roosevelt Skerrit

Roosevelt Skerrit
Skerrit in 2014
6th Prime Minister of Dominica
Assumed office
8 January 2004
PresidentNicholas Liverpool
Eliud Williams
Charles Savarin
Sylvanie Burton
DeputyAmbrose George
Reginald Austrie
Irving McIntyre
Preceded byOsborne Riviere (acting)
Member of Parliament
for Vieille Case
Assumed office
31 January 2000
Preceded byVernice Bellony
Chairman of the Caribbean Community
In office
1 July 2023[1] – 31 December 2023
Secretary-GeneralCarla Barnett
Preceded byPhilip Davis[1]
Succeeded byIrfaan Ali
In office
1 January 2010 – 30 June 2010[1]
Secretary-GeneralEdwin Carrington
Preceded byBharrat Jagdeo
Succeeded byBruce Golding
Personal details
Born (1972-06-08) 8 June 1972 (age 52)
Princess Margaret Hospital, Roseau, Dominica[2]
Political partyDominica Labour Party
Spouse
(m. 2013)
Children3
Alma materNew Mexico State University,
Las Cruces

University of Mississippi,
Oxford
WebsiteOfficial website

Roosevelt Skerrit (born 8 June 1972) is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004; he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally, he has served as the chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and most recently as chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2010. Skerrit is currently the longest-serving prime minister of Dominica.

  1. ^ a b c "ROTATION SCHEDULE FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE CONFERENCE 1 JANUARY 2018 TO 30 JUNE 2025" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ^ Dominica News Online (accessed 18 January 2011) Archived March 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine