Government Politics of Saint Lucia

Last elections: June 2016

Next elections: 2021

Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by governor-general, Dame Pearlette Louisy (1997–)

Head of government: Prime Minister Allen Chastanet

Ruling party: United Workers Party

In September 1997 the country’s first woman governor-general, Dr Pearlette Louisy, was appointed, following the resignation of Sir George Mallet.

Dr Kenny Anthony and the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) were returned to government in the December 2001 general election, when his SLP won 14 Assembly seats and the United Workers Party (UWP) three.

Anthony stood for a third term in the December 2006 general election which was won by the opposition UWP with 11 seats while the SLP took six. UWP leader Sir John Compton, who had since 1964 served as head of government for a total of 29 years, became prime minister.

Following the death of Sir John Compton at the age of 82 in September 2007, Stephenson King, who had been acting for comptonduring his illness, was sworn in as prime minister.

In the November 2011 election Kenny Anthony and the SLP ousted the UWP government, winning 11 seats (51% of the vote) to the UWP’s six (47%), and Anthony began a third term as prime minister.

In the June 2016 election Allen Chastanet’s UWP won 11 seats (54.8% of the vote) to the SLP’s six (44.1%).  Chastanet was sworn in as Prime Minister on 6th June 2016.