The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the ministry responsible for handling the
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis' external relations and its
diplomatic missions abroad.
The ministry's current director is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation,
Denzil Douglas
Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. Subsequently he has been Leader of the Opposition. He was t ...
.
Diplomacy
Although Saint Kitts and Nevis maintains formal and friendly ties with many of its neighbors and major regional and world powers, countries such as the
United States
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do not have permanent representatives on the islands. The
U.S. State Department, for example, has ambassadors and consular staff present in nearby
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
and
Antigua
Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...
.
List of ministers
This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis:
*1983–1995:
Kennedy Simmonds
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds, KCMG (born 12 April 1936), is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician who served as the first prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1983 to 1995.
Life and career
Simmonds was born in Basseterre on 12 Apri ...
*1995–2000:
Denzil Douglas
Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. Subsequently he has been Leader of the Opposition. He was t ...
*2000–2001:
Sam Condor
Sam Terrence Condor (born in 1949 in Basseterre) is a Kittitian politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Condor has a BA of economics from the University of Sussex. He was a member of the Labour Party, and since it g ...
*2001–2008:
Timothy Harris
Timothy Sylvester Harris (born 6 December 1964) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician, who served as the third prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 August 20 ...
*2008–2010:
Denzil Douglas
Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. Subsequently he has been Leader of the Opposition. He was t ...
*2010–2013:
Sam Condor
Sam Terrence Condor (born in 1949 in Basseterre) is a Kittitian politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Condor has a BA of economics from the University of Sussex. He was a member of the Labour Party, and since it g ...
*2013–2015:
Patrice Nisbett
Patrice Nisbett (born 1971 in St. James Parish, Nevis) is Nevisian politician. He was Attorney General of Saint Kitts and Nevis and minister of justice from 2010 to 2013.
He was then appointed as foreign minister of the federal government, and ...
*2015–2022:
Mark Brantley
Mark Anthony Graham Brantley (born 11 January 1969) is the Premier of Nevis, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for St Kitts and Nevis. On May 10, 2022, Dr Timothy Harris, having lost the supp ...
*2022: Vincent Byron
*2022–present:
Denzil Douglas
Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. Subsequently he has been Leader of the Opposition. He was t ...
See also
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Foreign relations of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis is an island nation in the Caribbean. Its ties with CARICOM and its proximity to South and North America have allowed strong diplomatic ties with several nations.
Diplomatic relations
List of countries which maintains dip ...
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List of diplomatic missions of Saint Kitts and Nevis
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Saint Kitts and Nevis, which operate under the authority of the Kittitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Caribbean island of Saint Kitts and Nevis has a modest diplomatic presence. Its embassy and missi ...
Notes
External links
Official Ministry website
Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of ...
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