Cabinet of Barbados

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The 18-member Cabinet announced by the DLP as of 20th January 2008:^[1]

Government Minister	Cabinet Positions
Hon. David Thompson	Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Development, Labour, Civil Service and Energy
Hon. Freundel Stuart	Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs
Hon. Christopher Sinckler	Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business
Hon. Donville Inniss	Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and International Business
Hon. Dr. David Estwick	Minister of Health, National Insurance and Social Security
Hon. Ronald Jones	Minister of Education and Human Resource Development
Hon. Dr. Denis Lowe	Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Urban Development
Hon. Patrick Todd	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Urban Development
Hon. Richard Sealy	Minister of Tourism
Mr. Haynesley Benn	Senator and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Hon. George Hutson	Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce
Hon. Michael Lashley	Minister of Housing and Lands
Hon. Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo	Minister of Family, Youth Affairs, Sports and the Environment
Hon. Steve Blackett	Minister of Community Development and Culture
Hon. John Boyce	Minister of Transport, Works and International Business
Mr. Darcy Boyce	To the Senate and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office with special responsibility for Finance and Energy
Ms. Maxine McClean	To the Senate as Leader of Government Business and as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Management, Administration and Training
Mr. Arni Walters	To the Senate and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office with special responsibility for Employment, Labour Relations and the Social Partnership.

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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: [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]