Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis

{{Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

The Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis is an elected representative in the National Assembly who is appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.{{cite web |title=Saint Kitts and Nevis's Constitution of 1983 |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/St_Kitts_and_Nevis_1983.pdf?lang=en |website=Comparative Constitutions Project |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611100009/https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/St_Kitts_and_Nevis_1983.pdf?lang=en |url-status=live }} Historically, the person appointed to the position of Deputy Prime Minister is usually the Deputy Leader of the political party that holds the majority of seats in the national assembly or the Leader of another party in the case of a coalition government. The instrument of appointment of the Deputy Prime Minister can be found in the Constitution of St. Christopher and Nevis. The Deputy Prime Minister appointment can be revoked by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.{{cite web |title=St Kitts' deputy prime minister fired while attending funeral overseas |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/st-kitts-deputy-prime-minister-fired-while-attending-funeral-overseas/ |website=Jamaica Observer |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706152545/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/st-kitts-deputy-prime-minister-fired-while-attending-funeral-overseas/ |url-status=live }}

Deputy Premiers 1967-1983

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Paul Southwell19671978SKNLP{{cite web |title=Historic St. Kitts - Sir Paul Southwell |url=https://www.historicstkitts.kn/people/calen-azariah-paul-southwell |website=www.historicstkitts.kn |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702144920/https://www.historicstkitts.kn/people/calen-azariah-paul-southwell |url-status=live }}
Lee Moore19781979SKNLP{{cite web |title=St Kitts And Nevis Labour Party To Elect A New Leader On 28 November - SKN News |url=https://sknnews.com/saint-kitts-nevis/st-kitts-and-nevis-labour-party-to-elect-a-new-leader-on-28-november-10538401/ |website=SKN News |date=27 November 2021 |access-date=2 August 2022 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127120231/https://sknnews.com/saint-kitts-nevis/st-kitts-and-nevis-labour-party-to-elect-a-new-leader-on-28-november-10538401/ |url-status=live }}
Charles Egbert Mills19791980SKNLP
Michael Oliver Powell19801983PAM{{Cite web|url=https://www.myvuenews.com/former-deputy-prime-minister-of-st-kitts-sydney-morris-has-died/|title=Former Deputy Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis Sydney Morris Has Died|access-date=2022-08-02|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509110256/https://www.myvuenews.com/former-deputy-prime-minister-of-st-kitts-sydney-morris-has-died/|url-status=live}}

Deputy Prime Ministers since 1983

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Michael Oliver PowellSeptember 19831992PAM
Sydney Earl MorrisApril 1992November 1994PAM
Hugh HeyligerNovember 1994July 1995PAM{{cite web |title=The World Factbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxj9vQByGXEC |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en |date=1995 |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802231723/https://books.google.fi/books?id=vxj9vQByGXEC |url-status=live }}
Sam CondorJuly 1995February 2013SKNLP{{cite web |title=New Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis Presents Credentials {{!}} UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2015/bio4773.doc.htm |website=press.un.org |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802231724/https://press.un.org/en/2015/bio4773.doc.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=The St Kitts deputy Prime Minister resigns and the Attorney General is fired |url=https://thedominican.net/2013/02/sam-condor-resigns-from-cabinet.html |website=thedominican.net |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802231723/https://thedominican.net/2013/02/sam-condor-resigns-from-cabinet.html |url-status=live }}
Earl Asim MartinFebruary 2013February 2015SKNLP{{cite web |title=Dr. Earl Asim Martin is new Deputy Prime Minister |url=http://pearlfmradio.sx/2013/02/06/dr-earl-asim-martin-is-new-deputy-prime-minister/ |website=Pearl FM Radio |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=2 August 2022 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802231728/http://pearlfmradio.sx/2013/02/06/dr-earl-asim-martin-is-new-deputy-prime-minister/ |url-status=live }}
Shawn RichardsFebruary 2015May 2022PAM{{cite web |title=SKNVibes {{!}} PM Harris fires six Government Ministers |url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/118955 |website=www.sknvibes.com |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2022-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512000058/https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/118955 |url-status=live }}
Eugene Alistair HamiltonMay 2022August 2022PAM
Geoffrey HanleyAugust 2022IncumbentSKNLP{{cite web |title=MEMBERS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS' FEDERAL CABINET OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AND ASSIGNED MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS |url=https://www.sknis.gov.kn/2022/08/13/members-of-st-kitts-and-nevis-federal-cabinet-officially-sworn-in-and-assigned-ministerial-portfolios/ |website=St. Kitts & Nevis Information Service |access-date=14 August 2022}}

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