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Mia Mottley

Prime minister of Barbados since 2018 · Barbados · On the map · Politicians · Born 1965 · age 61

Mia Amor Mottley is a Barbadian politician and lawyer 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 both positions.

Mia Mottley is read about 532 times a day, in 58 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 13 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 118 days, one point a day.

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2025Zayed Award for Human FraternityAward2022Named Minister of Finance of BarbadosOfficefrom 24 January 2022Named Minister of National Security of BarbadosOfficefrom 24 January 2022BBC 100 WomenAwardTime 100Award2020“In a family, children leave and go and set up their own households and that does not in any way affect the relationship between the family.”In their wordsMia Mottley (2020) cited in: "Barbados PM Mia Mottley's message for Australia as her country prepares to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of

2018Named Prime Minister of BarbadosOfficefrom 25 May 20182003Named Deputy Prime Minister of BarbadosOffice26 May 2003 to 15 January 20081994Named Member of the House of Assembly of BarbadosOffice1 January 19941965Born1 October 1965

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  1. Our world stands at a fork in the road; one no less significant than when the United Nations was formed in 1945.

    1945, Own words

  2. We know how to run fast in one set of circumstances when it suits one set of people but yet we run very slow when it matters to billions of people and their access to livelihood

    , Own words

  3. We are committed to resume the battle of saving people and the planet

    , Own words

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Awards

Zayed Award for Human Fraternity2025
BBC 100 Women2022
Time 1002022
Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya

About this person

Having overseen the abolition of the Barbadian monarchy, she is the first prime minister of the Barbadian republic.

Country
Barbados
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1965 · age 61

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