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List of premiers of Bermuda

Premier of Bermuda
Coat of arms of Bermuda
Incumbent Edward David Burt JP, MP since 19 July 2017
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of Bermuda
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Formation	19 June 1968
First holder	Sir Henry Tucker as Government Leader
Website	Office of the Premier

Politics of Bermuda
Law
Monarchy Sovereign Charles III Governor Rena Lalgie
Executive Premier Edward David Burt
Legislative Parliament Senate President: Joan Dillas-Wright House of Assembly Speaker: Dennis Lister Leader of the Opposition: N.H. Cole Simons
Elections Recent elections General: 2007 2012 2017 2020 Political parties Progressive Labour Party (PLP) One Bermuda Alliance (OBA)
Administrative divisions
Citizenship Belonger status British Overseas Territories citizen Passport Visa requirements
Foreign relations Representative of Bermuda, London
Other countries
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The premier of Bermuda serves as head of governmentofBermuda, under appointment by the governor of Bermuda, in the governor's capacity as representative in Bermuda of the British monarch, currently King Charles III. The position was created by Bermuda's 1968 Constitution.

Since 19 July 2017, the premier has been Edward David Burt, the leader of the Progressive Labour Party.^[1]

List[edit]

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

UBP   PLP   OBA
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Elected	Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Government Leaders (1968–1973)
1		Sir Henry Tucker (1903–1986)	10 June 1968	29 December 1971	3 years, 202 days	United Bermuda Party	1968
2		Sir Edward Richards (1908–1991)	29 December 1971	18 April 1973	1 year, 110 days	United Bermuda Party	1972	First Black Bermudian Premier
Premiers (1973–present)
1		Sir Edward Richards (1908–1991)	18 April 1973	29 December 1975	2 years, 255 days	United Bermuda Party	—
2		John Sharpe (1921–1999)	29 December 1975	30 August 1977	1 year, 244 days	United Bermuda Party	1976
3		David Gibbons (1926–2014)	30 August 1977	15 January 1982	4 years, 138 days	United Bermuda Party	1980	From 1983, Sir David Gibbons
4		John Swan (born 1934)	15 January 1982	25 August 1995	13 years, 222 days	United Bermuda Party	1983 1985 1989 1993	From 1990, Sir John Swan. Resigned following the 1995 independence referendum[2]
5		David Saul (1939–2017)	25 August 1995	27 March 1997	1 year, 214 days	United Bermuda Party	—
6		Pamela Gordon (born 1955)	27 March 1997	10 November 1998	1 year, 228 days	United Bermuda Party	—	First female Premier
7		Jennifer Smith (born 1947)	10 November 1998	29 July 2003	4 years, 261 days	Progressive Labour Party	1998
8		Alex Scott (born 1940)	29 July 2003	30 October 2006	3 years, 93 days	Progressive Labour Party	2003
9		Ewart Brown (born 1946)	30 October 2006	29 October 2010	3 years, 364 days	Progressive Labour Party	2007
10		Paula Cox (born 1964?)	29 October 2010	18 December 2012	2 years, 50 days	Progressive Labour Party	—
11		Craig Cannonier (born 1962)	18 December 2012	19 May 2014	1 year, 152 days	One Bermuda Alliance	2012	Resigned[3]
12		Michael Dunkley (born 1957)	19 May 2014	19 July 2017	3 years, 61 days	One Bermuda Alliance	—
13		Edward David Burt (born 1979)	19 July 2017[1]	Incumbent	6 years, 350 days	Progressive Labour Party	2017 2020

See also[edit]

• List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies
• Governor of Bermuda
• Lists of office-holders

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Office of the Premier