Premier of Barbados

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The Premier of Barbados was the head of government of Barbados during the colonial era, preceding the modern office of Prime Minister.

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Label Occurrences
Premier of Barbados canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1966 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Barbados ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Barbados

Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
appointedOnTheAdviceOf majority party in the House of Assembly of Barbados ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Independence of Barbados ⓘ
surface form: Barbados independence negotiations
category Colonial political offices in the Caribbean ⓘ
Heads of government of Barbados ⓘ
constitutes chief ministerial office in colonial Barbados ⓘ
constitutionalStatus colonial constitutional office ⓘ
country Barbados ⓘ
countryDuringExistence British Empire ⓘ
firstHolder Grantley Herbert Adams ⓘ
followedBy Prime Minister of Barbados ⓘ
governmentalBody Government of Barbados ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor Barbados ⓘ
historicalPeriod late British colonial period in the Caribbean ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
lastHolder Errol Walton Barrow ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Colony of Barbados ⓘ
measuresOfAuthority control over domestic policy ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of Barbados ⓘ
surface form: Executive Council of Barbados
nativeLabel Premier of Barbados self-link ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder Independence of Barbados ⓘ
surface form: Barbados constitutional reforms of the 1950s
officeDissolutionContext transition from colony to independent state ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber 2 ⓘ
officeHoldersPoliticalAffiliation Barbados Labour Party ⓘ
Democratic Labour Party ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Premier ⓘ
officeScope internal affairs of Barbados ⓘ
officeType parliamentary executive role ⓘ
partOf Colony of Barbados ⓘ
surface form: colonial government of Barbados
positionHeldByHeadOf Cabinet of Barbados ⓘ
precededBy Leader of Government Business in Barbados ⓘ
reasonForAbolition independence of Barbados ⓘ
replacedBy Prime Minister of Barbados ⓘ
replacedInRoleAsHeadOfGovernmentBy Prime Minister of Barbados ⓘ
replacedOffice informal leadership of elected ministers ⓘ
residence Ilaro Court ⓘ
residenceLocatedIn Bridgetown ⓘ
selectionMethod indirect election via parliamentary majority ⓘ
styleOfAddress The Honorable ⓘ
surface form: The Honourable
subordinateTo Colonial Office ⓘ
surface form: British Colonial Office

Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Barbados

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grantley Herbert Adams → positionHeld → Premier of Barbados ⓘ
Prime Minister of Barbados → precededByOffice → Premier of Barbados ⓘ
Errol Walton Barrow → positionHeld → Premier of Barbados ⓘ
Premier of Barbados → nativeLabel → Premier of Barbados self-link ⓘ
Grace Thorne Adams → spousePositionHeld → Premier of Barbados ⓘ