National
President of Barbados
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Parliament of Barbados
- Exact method
- Nominated jointly by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and declared elected unopposed unless a member objects; if contested, requires a two-thirds majority of valid votes in each of the Senate and the House of Assembly voting separately. Four-year term, renewable once.
- Chosen by
- Parliament of Barbados
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Jeffrey Bostic since November 2025
Report Source: barbadostoday.bb,
checked
Sources
- barbadosparliament.com · checked Parliament of Barbados, The President, read 2026-10-12; Constitution of Barbados (as amended 2021), President elected by the Senate and House of Assembly: selector set to the Parliament authority per world conventions. For: President of Barbados
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, 2026 Barbadian general election; President of Barbados, read 2026-10-12: constituency winners, results, dates. Fallback: Wikipedia, because the Electoral and Boundaries Commission results were not read; cross-checked against the Parliament member list. For: President of Barbados
- barbadostoday.bb · checked Barbados Today, "Cabinet ministers sworn in", 2026-02-16, read 2026-10-12: cabinet and portfolios; Barbados Today 2025-09-16 (Bostic nominated); Barbados Today 2024-05-17 and GIS Barbados (Chief Justice Haynes sworn in 2024-05-17). Fallback: news, because pmo.gov.bb appendix was not read. For: Jeffrey Bostic, current term
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