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
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
do not have permanent representatives on the islands. The
U.S. State Department, for example, has ambassadors and consular staff present in nearby
Barbados and
Antigua.
List of ministers
This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis:
*1983–1995:
Kennedy Simmonds
*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
*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
*2013–2015:
Patrice Nisbett
*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
*
List of diplomatic missions of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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 ...
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