Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominican politician Roosevelt Skerrit has led Dominica as prime minister since 2004. He has held regional leadership positions, including the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and, most recently, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which he led in 2010. Skerrit has served as prime minister of Dominica the longest thus far.

When Pierre Charles passed away in August 2004, Roosevelt Skerrit was the next prime minister. Skerrit had been a member of parliament for the Vieille Case seat since his election in February 2000 at the time of Pierre Charles' death. In addition to his role as Prime Minister, he has held additional positions as Minister of Education, Sports, and Youth Affairs, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004. After entering office, Roosevelt Skerrit surpassed Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the youngest head of state in the world. Skerrit became the first democratically elected national leader born in the 1970s when his party won the May 2005 election. By December 2010, Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar and Igor Luksic of Montenegro became the two youngest heads of state in the whole globe, with Roosevelt Skerrit being the youngest head of state in the Western Hemisphere.