The Attorney-General of Barbados is the primary legal advisor to the
Government of Barbados
The Government of Barbados (GoB), is a unitary parliamentary republic, where the President of Barbados represents as the head of state and the Prime Minister of Barbados represents as the head of government.
Structure
The country has a bicam ...
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Legal basis
According to Article 72 of the
Constitution of Barbados
The Constitution of Barbados is the supreme law under which Barbados is governed. The Constitution provides a legal establishment of the Government of Barbados, as well as legal rights and responsibilities of the public and various other govern ...
, the Attorney-General holds ministerial rank in the government.
He may, in the case of certain offences, give general or special directions to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which the latter must follow.
List of attorneys-general
*Robert Hooper c.1693
*Edward Chilton, 1698 to 1705
*Thomas Hodges, FRS ?1706 to ?1721
*Jonathan Blenman, 1726 to
*Blenman 1728 to
*Timothy Blenman, 1741 to
*Henry Beckles, 1770 to 1772
*Robert Burnett
*Anthony Chester
*Robert Burnett Jones
*John Beckles, 1807 to 1823
*Matthew Coulthurst, to 1824
*Samuel Hinds, 1824 to 1826
*Henry Edward Sharpe, 1826 to 1828
*John Paynter Musson, 1828 to 1831
*Henry Edward Sharpe, 1831 to c. 1838
*post of Attorney-General of Barbados vacant, c. 1838 to 1841
*Henry Edward Sharpe, 1841 to 1846
*John Sealy, 1846 to >1869
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Francis Fleming
Sir Francis Fleming (31 July 1842 – 4 December 1922) ( Chinese: 菲林明) was a British administrator who held appointments in eleven colonies.
The son of James Fleming (1812–1887), Q.C. of Dorset Square and Julia Matilda (1811–18 ...
, 1878 to 1882
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William Conrad Reeves, 1882 to 1886
*Sir Henry Alleyne Bovell, 1886 to aft.1893
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G. Aubrey Goodman, 1907 to 1913
*Hon Sir Charles Pitcher Clarke, 1913 to ? (died 1926)
*Ernest Allan Collymore, 1928 to 1936
*Edward Keith Walcott, 1936 to 1946
*Sir
William Campbell Wylie, 1951 to 1955
* ''Barbados became independent, 1966''
*Sir
Frederick Smith, 1966 to 1971
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George Moe, 1971 to 1976
*Sir Henry de Boulay Forde, 1976 to 1981
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Louis Randall Tull, 1981 to 1985
*Sir
David Anthony Simmons, 1985 to 1986
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Maurice Athelstan King, 1986 to 1994
*Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1994 to 2001
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Mia Mottley
Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold ...
, 2001 to 2003
''1st female*
Dale Marshall, 2006 to 2008
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Freundel Stuart
Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC (born 27 April 1951) is a Barbadian politician who served as seventh Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013; and from 21 Febr ...
, 2008 to 2010 (departed the position to become acting PM)
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Adriel Brathwaite
Adriel Dermont Brathwaite, SC (born 1962) is a Barbadian politician and lawyer, who formally held the positions of Attorney-General, Minister of Home Affairs, and Member of Parliament for Saint Philip South.
Career
Brathwaite is an attorney-a ...
, 2010 to 2018
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Dale Marshall, 2018 to Present
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in ...
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Politics of Barbados
The politics of Barbados function within a framework of a parliamentary republic with strong democratic traditions; constitutional safeguards for nationals of Barbados include: freedom of speech, press, worship, movement, and association.
Execut ...
References
External links
The Office of the Attorney-General of Barbados
{{Attorneys General of British overseas territories
Justice ministries
Government of Barbados
Lists of political office-holders in Barbados