President of Barbados

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head of state political office

The President of Barbados is the country’s non-executive head of state, serving as the ceremonial representative of the Barbadian republic following its transition from a constitutional monarchy.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appointedBy Parliament of Barbados ⓘ
ceremonialRole conferring national honours ⓘ
issuing formal proclamations ⓘ
opening sessions of Parliament ⓘ
commanderInChiefOf Barbados Defence Force ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Barbados ⓘ
country Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados ⓘ
dateEstablished 2021-11-30 ⓘ
dateOfRepublicTransition 2021-11-30 ⓘ
effectiveFrom 2021-11-30 ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement must be a citizen of Barbados ⓘ
must be at least 45 years old ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Dame Sandra Mason ⓘ
flag Flag of the President of Barbados ⓘ
flagCaption Presidential Standard of Barbados ⓘ
governmentFormContext parliamentary republic ⓘ
impeachmentProcess removal by Parliament for stated misbehaviour or incapacity ⓘ
insignia Coat of arms of Barbados ⓘ
insigniaCaption Coat of arms of Barbados ⓘ
legalSystemContext Westminster-derived system ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of Barbados (in a ceremonial capacity) ⓘ
nominator Leader of the Opposition of Barbados ⓘ
Prime Minister of Barbados ⓘ
oathAdministeredUnder Constitution of Barbados ⓘ
officeHolderTitle President ⓘ
officialLanguageOfOffice English ⓘ
predecessorOffice Monarch of Barbados ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Barbados ⓘ
republicTransitionContext replacement of Queen Elizabeth II as head of state ⓘ
reservesPower power to refuse dissolution of Parliament in limited circumstances ⓘ
residence State House, Barbados ⓘ
responsibility accrediting Barbadian diplomats ⓘ
appointing other ministers on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
appointing the Prime Minister of Barbados ⓘ
assenting to Acts of Parliament ⓘ
receiving foreign ambassadors ⓘ
representing Barbados at ceremonial state functions ⓘ
role ceremonial head of state ⓘ
non-executive head of state ⓘ
seat Bridgetown ⓘ
style Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
swornInBy Chief Justice of Barbados ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

House of Assembly of Barbados → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Barbados ⓘ
National Hero of Barbados → conferredBy → President of Barbados ⓘ
Barbados → headOfStateTitle → President of Barbados ⓘ
Senate of Barbados → membersAppointedBy → President of Barbados ⓘ