Dominica: Heads of State: 1978-2026

Home Nations Dominica Heads of State: 1978-2026

Dominica: Heads of State: 1978-2026
Interim President of Dominica [1]
3 Nov 1978 - 18 Jan 1979	Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue
President of Dominica [1]
19 Jan 1979 - 29 Jan 1980	Frederick Eutrope Degazon [2]
Acting President of Dominica [1]
29 Jan 1980 - 15 Feb 1980	Jenner Bourne Maude Armour [3]
16 Feb 1980 - 25 Feb 1980	office vacant
President of Dominica [1]
26 Feb 1980 - 20 Dec 1983	Aurelius John Baptist Lamothe Marie
21 Dec 1983 - 24 Oct 1993	Clarence Henry Augustus Seignoret [4][5]
25 Oct 1993 - 5 Oct 1998	Crispin Anselm Sorhaindo
6 Oct 1998 - 1 Oct 2003	Vernon Lorden Shaw
2 Oct 2003 - 16 Sep 2012	Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool
17 Sep 2012 - 1 Oct 2013	Eliud Thaddeus Williams
2 Oct 2013 -	Charles Angelo Savarin


[1]	Sometines in official use: ...of the Commonwealth of Dominica, although this is not prescribed by the Constitution.
[2]	Left the national territory 11 Jun 1979 and later submitted his resignation (dated 27 Jan 1980, received by the Speaker of the House of Assembly on 29 Jan 1980).
[3]	Assumed the office of Acting President of Dominica on 21 Jun 1979, exercising the functions of head of state in absence of Degazon.
[4]	Elected by the House of Assembly on 19 Dec 1983 for a term commencing on 21 Dec 1983 and took the oath of office on 19 Dec 1983.
[5]	From 25 Oct 1985 Sir Clarence Henry Augustus Seignoret.

Last update: 08 May 2025