Roosevelt Skerrit

Roosevelt Skerrit
Prime Minister of Dominica
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 January 2004
President	Nicholas Liverpool
Preceded by	Osborne Riviere (Acting)
Member of Parliament for Vieille Case
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 January 2000
Preceded by	Vernice Bellony
Majority	684 (50.66%)
Personal details
Born	8 June 1972 (1972-06-08) Roseau, Dominica
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	New Mexico State University University of Mississippi
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	rooseveltskerrit.org

Roosevelt Skerrit (born 8 June 1972) is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004; he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally, he has served as the Chairman of the OECS and most recently as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since January 2010.

Roosevelt Skerrit became Prime Minister after the death of Pierre Charles in January 2004. At the time of Pierre Charles’ death, Roosevelt Skerrit was a member of parliament for the Vieille Case constituency, a position he had held since his election in February 2000. In addition to being the Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit also serves as Minister for Finance, Minister for Foreign Affairs and as the political leader of the Dominica Labor Party.

Upon taking office Skerrit became the world's youngest head of government, surpassing Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With his party's May 2005 election victory, Skerrit became the world's first democratically elected national leader born in the 1970s. As of December 2010 Skerrit remains the youngest head of government in the Western Hemisphere and the third youngest in the world, surpassed only by Madagascar's Andry Rajoelina and Montenegro's Igor Lukšić.

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Political offices
Preceded by Osborne Riviere Acting	Prime Minister of Dominica 2004–present	Incumbent