Premier of the Virgin Islands


The Premier of the Virgin Islands is the head of government for the British Virgin Islands. As a British Overseas Territory, the Premier is appointed by the Governor on behalf of the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II. Until 2007, the head of government was known as the Chief Minister.
Up until 2007 the office was known as Chief Minister of the Virgin Islands, but a constitutional change in 2007 renamed the position as Premier.
The current Premier is Andrew Fahie. He is serving since 26 February 2019.

History of the office

Since the 1967 constitution was adopted, only six different people have served as Premier or Chief Minister, and each of them except for Cyril Romney has served at least two full terms. Also, each of them has served as the Leader of the Opposition.
H. Lavity Stoutt won the most general elections of any leader, followed by Orlando Smith. Stoutt, Smith and Willard Wheatley are the only leaders to have served two consecutive full terms.

List

All previous Chief Ministers or Premiers have served at least two terms except for Cyril Romney.
№NameGeneral Election
victories		Total time in office
1Lavity Stoutt56,117
2Ralph O'Neal24,494
3Orlando Smith34,194
4Willard Wheatley23,085
5Cyril Romney11,055
6Andrew Fahie1