Bar­ba­dos' Prime Min­is­ter Mia Mot­t­ley as­sumes the role of CARI­COM chair start­ing to­day (Jan­u­ary 1, 2025), be­gin­ning her six-month stint in the of­fice.

She takes over from Grena­da's Prime Min­is­ter Dick­on Mitchell

The po­si­tion of CARI­COM chair is ro­tat­ed among CARI­COM Heads of Gov­ern­ment. Trinidad and To­ba­go's Dr Kei­th Row­ley was CARI­COM chair in 2020.

T&T will next as­sume the role in 2027.

The Con­fer­ence of Heads of Gov­ern­ment, made up of the lead­ers of CARI­COM mem­ber states, is the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty's high­est de­ci­sion-mak­ing body. It sets the pol­i­cy di­rec­tion for the re­gion and has the fi­nal say on treaties and agree­ments with in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­i­sa­tions and states.