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Barbados
Barbados
Barbados
Primary executive
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Head of state
Editorial profile v1
Verified country brief
Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.
- Executive system
- Parliamentary republic · One primary executive function
- Dominant executive office
- Head of government
- Why this office is primary
- Barbados is a parliamentary republic in which the Prime Minister leads the Government and the President normally acts on ministerial advice.
Government
Third Mottley administration
Feb 16, 2026 · De jure
Barbados Labour Party
BLP
Democratic Labour Party
DLP
Legislature and composition
BicameralParliament of Barbados, 2026–2031
Feb 20, 2026
House of Assembly
30 SeatsBLP30 / 30
Senate
21 SeatsLatest election
Completed2026 Barbadian general election
Feb 11, 2026 · Parliamentary election
- Electoral system
- Thirty single-member constituencies elected by first-past-the-post voting.
- Published result
- BLP · 30 Seats
Current policy issues
- 1Economic resilience and investmentPrime Minister’s Office — Barbados 2035 investment plan
- 2Climate resilience and clean energyPrime Minister’s Office — Barbados 2035 investment plan
- 3Public safety, health care and educationPrime Minister’s Office — New Cabinet sworn in
Indexed party landscape
Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.
- Tracked parties
- 7
- Active in source
- 1
- Historical in source
- 6
- parties shown
- 7
- Founded
- 1938
- Founded
- 1946
- Founded
- 1960
- Founded
- 1955
- Founded
- 1991
- Founded
- 1956
- Founded
- 1946
Sources
14
- 1Parliament of Barbados — Election of President Notice and joint sittingcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 2Barbados Government Information Service — Government directorycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 3Parliament of Barbados — Constitution of Barbadoscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 4Prime Minister’s Office — Mia Amor Mottleycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 5Prime Minister’s Office — New Cabinet sworn incitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 6Parliament of Barbados — House of Assembly, 2026–2031citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 7Parliament of Barbados — Senate, 2026–2031citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 8Parliament of Barbados — First session of Parliament, 2026–2031citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 9Commonwealth Secretariat — Barbados General Election, 11 February 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 10Prime Minister’s Office — Barbados 2035 investment plancitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 11Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 12WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 13Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 14Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
Political world map
Caribbean
BarbadosPrimary executive: Mia MottleyHead of state: Jeffrey Davidson BosticPartial
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Listed without map geometry (21)
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