Barbados timeline

By Martí HR

  • 1986

    1986
    Errol Barrow becomes prime minister after his DLP wins the general elections.

  • 1987

    1987
    Erskine Lloyd Sandiford (DLP) becomes Prime Minister following Barrow's death.

  • 1994

    1994
    Owen Arthur becomes Prime Minister after his BLP won a decisive victory in the General Election, securing 19 of the 28 seats in the House of Assembly, the lower house of parliament.

  • 2002

    2002
    Barbados is removed from the list of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) of countries considered tax havens that do not cooperate. The country was placed on the list in 2000.

  • 2010

    2010
    Prime Minister Thompson dies in office on October 23, 2010. Freundel Stuart becomes Prime Minister.

  • 2018

    2018
    Dame Sandra Mason installed as the 8th Governor General of Barbados.