POLITICIANS from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Saint Vincentian Politicians of all time. This list of famous Saint Vincentian Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Ralph Gonsalves (b. 1946)

With an HPI of 52.34, Ralph Gonsalves is the most famous Saint Vincentian Politician.  His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.

Ralph Everard Gonsalves (born 8 August 1946) is a Vincentian politician. He is currently the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP). Gonsalves is the longest continuously serving head of government since St. Vincent and the Grenadines became independent in 1979. He became prime minister after his party won a majority government in the 2001 general election. He was the first prime minister from the newly constructed ULP, following a merger of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Labour Party and the Movement for National Unity. Gonsalves has been Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North Central Windward since 1994. In 1994, upon the formation of the Unity Labour Party he became deputy leader, and became leader of the party in 1998. With Gonsalves as leader, the ULP won a majority in the popular vote in every general election from 1998 through 2015, though it failed to secure the majority of parliamentary seats in the 1998 election. In 2020, the ULP won the election, but did not win the popular vote. On 7 November 2020, Gonsalves was sworn in for his fifth term as prime minister. Gonsalves is the current longest-serving democratically-elected state leader.

2. Frederick Ballantyne (1936 - 2020)

With an HPI of 50.38, Frederick Ballantyne is the 2nd most famous Saint Vincentian Politician.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne, (5 July 1936 – 23 January 2020) was the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2002–2019. A trained cardiologist and former chief medical officer of the country, he was appointed governor-general on 22 June 2002. He succeeded Dame Monica Dacon, who had been acting in the position after the death of Charles Antrobus.

3. John Compton (1925 - 2007)

With an HPI of 40.05, John Compton is the 3rd most famous Saint Vincentian Politician.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Sir John George Melvin Compton, (29 April 1925 – 7 September 2007) was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first Prime Minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton served as Prime Minister three times: briefly in 1979, again from 1982 to 1996, and from 2006 until his death in 2007. He cofounded the conservative United Workers Party (UWP) in 1964; he led the party until 1996, again from 1998 to 2000, and again from 2005 to 2007.