Heads of government of the British Virgin Islands

The Head of Government of the British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...

is the Premier, until 2007 known as the Chief Minister.

Term	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
April 1967 to June 1971	Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Lavity Stoutt Hamilton Lavity Stoutt was the first and longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, winning four general elections and serving three non-consecutive terms of office from 1967 to 1971, again from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1986 until his death in 1995.Since Stoutt's death in... , Chief Minister	VIP	1st Term
June 1971 to November 1979	Willard Wheatley Willard Wheatley Willard Wheatley served two consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 1971 to 1979. He was the leader of the United Party.-References:*... , Chief Minister	UP
November 1979 to November 1983	Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Lavity Stoutt Hamilton Lavity Stoutt was the first and longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, winning four general elections and serving three non-consecutive terms of office from 1967 to 1971, again from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1986 until his death in 1995.Since Stoutt's death in... , Chief Minister	VIP	2nd Term
November 1983 to 1 October 1986	Cyril Romney Cyril Romney Cyril Brandtford Romney served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1986. He also served as a member of the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands from 1979 to 1995... , Chief Minister	UP
1 October 1986 to 14 May 1995	Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Lavity Stoutt Hamilton Lavity Stoutt was the first and longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, winning four general elections and serving three non-consecutive terms of office from 1967 to 1971, again from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1986 until his death in 1995.Since Stoutt's death in... , Chief Minister	VIP	3rd Term
15 May 1995 to 17 June 2003	Ralph T. O'Neal Ralph T. O'Neal Ralph Telford O'Neal, OBE is the former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, and is expected to be appointed as the leader of the opposition... , Chief Minister	VIP	1st Term
17 June 2003 to 23 August 2007	Dr Orlando Smith Orlando Smith D. Orlando Smith, OBE is the current Premier of the British Virgin Islands. He also formerly served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 2003 to 2007... , Chief Minister	NDP	1st Term
23 August 2007 to 9 November 2011	Ralph T. O'Neal Ralph T. O'Neal Ralph Telford O'Neal, OBE is the former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, and is expected to be appointed as the leader of the opposition... , Premier	VIP	2nd Term
9 November 2011 to present	Dr Orlando Smith Orlando Smith D. Orlando Smith, OBE is the current Premier of the British Virgin Islands. He also formerly served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 2003 to 2007... , Premier	NDP	2nd Term

Party affiliations are as follows:

VIP—Virgin Islands Party
NDP—National Democratic Party
National Democratic Party (British Virgin Islands)
The National Democratic Party is a political party in the British Virgin Islands.In the 2007 general election the incumbent NDP was crushed by the Virgin Islands Party and lost all except for 2 of its seats....
UP—United Party
United Party (British Virgin Islands)
The United Party is a now political party of the British Virgin Islands.It was originally formed by H. Lavity Stoutt, Terrance B...

(defunct)

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