Cabinet of Barbados

The 18-member Cabinet announced by the DLP as of 20th January 2008: [ [http://www.nationnews.com/story/340622492545797.php "THE NEW CABINET AT A GLANCE"] , The Nation, January 20, 2008.]

The Cabinet of Barbados is the executive committee that looks after the management of the country. It is chaired by Prime Minister Owen Arthur and is composed of 17 Ministers.

Prime Minister Arthur took up the position of chairman in 1994 and is this country's fifth Prime Minister. Others to hold this esteemed designation are national hero The Right Excellent Errol Barrow, the late Rt. Hon. Tom Adams, the late Rt. Hon. Harold Bernard St.John "(later Sir Harold)" and former Rt. Hon. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford "(later Sir Lloyd.)"

The Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados is the Hon. Miss Mia Mottley while Dame Billie Miller, a veteran parliamentarian, holds the position of Senior Minister. Members of Cabinet are drawn from both the House of Assembly and the Senate.

Listed below was the full Cabinet of the previous Barbados Government administration as of February 2006:

Rt. Hon. Owen S. Arthur M.P.,"Prime Minister and Minister of Finance".

Hon. Mia A. Mottley QC, M.P. "Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Economic Affairs and Development."

Hon. Dame Billie A. Miller DBE D.A., BCH, M.P.,"Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade."

Hon. Noel A. Lynch M.P. "Minister of Tourism and International Transport."

Hon. H. Elizabeth Thompson M.P., "Minister of Energy and the Environment."

Hon. Rawle C. Eastmond JP, M.P.,"Minister of Labour and Civil Service."

Hon. Dr. Jerome X. Walcott JP, M.P.,"Minister of Health."

Hon. Reginald R. Farley JP, M.P.,"Minister of Housing and Lands."

Senator Hon. Lynette Eastmond., "Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Business Development."

Hon. Dale D. Marshall M.P. "Attorney General & Minister of Home Affairs."

Hon. Gline A. Clarke J.P., M.P. "Minister of Public Works."

Hon. Trevor Prescod M.P. "Minister of Social Transformation."

Senator The Hon. Erskine Griffith GCM, JP "Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development."

Hon. Joseph J.S. Atherley JP, M.P., "Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office."

Hon. Anthony P. Wood JP,M.P., "Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports."

Hon. Cynthia Y. Forde JP,M.P., "Minister of State in the Ministry of Education."

Hon. Clyde A. Mascoll M.P., "Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance."

Hon. Kerrie D. Symmonds M.P., "Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade."

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES

The Prime Minister has also appointed a number of Parliamentary Secretaries who function as Junior Ministers but do not sit in cabinet.

Senator Tyrone E. Barker J.P., "Assigned to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs." Senator Rudy W. Grant., "Assigned to the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport."

Information gathered from: [http://www.totallybarbados.com/barbados/Business/Government and Legal System/76.htm]

For additional information about the Barbados Labour Party visit their website at : [blp.org] For additional information about the Parliament of Barbabados visit: [www.barbadosparliament.com]

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