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{{Infobox incumbency|election=[[2021 Barbadian presidential election|2021]]|party=[[Independent]]|predecessor=””Office established”<br />[[Elizabeth II]] (as [[Queen of Barbados|Queen]])<br />Herself (as [[Governor-General of Barbados|Governor-General]])|term_start=30 November 2021|image=President Sandra Mason 2021.png|caption=Official portrait, 2021|seal_caption=Presidential standard|seal=Flag of the President of Barbados.svg|president_link=President of Barbados|president=[[Sandra Mason]]|seat=[[State House]]}}
== Background ==
{{Further|Republicanism in Barbados}}
[[File:Barbados_Independence_Republic_Night_(51717663162).jpg|thumb|Mason taking oath as the first president of Barbados, 2021]]
On 12 October 2021, Mason was nominated by Prime Minister [[Mia Mottley]] and Opposition Leader [[Joseph Atherley]] to become the first [[president of Barbados]].<ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2021 |title=Letter to the Speaker RE Nomination of Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason as 1st President of Barbados |url=https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/11c0bb650b1c768dbdbee5a0208f6256.pdf |accessdate=16 October 2021 |publisher=[[Parliament of Barbados]]}}</ref> On 20 October she was [[2021 Barbadian presidential election|elected by both houses]] without opposition.<ref>[https://www.thenational.scot/news/19661398.barbados-just-appointed-first-president-becomes-republic/ Barbados just appointed its first president as it becomes a republic – The National]</ref> Mason took office on 30 November 2021,<ref name=”:0″>{{Citation |title=Pride of Nationhood: Declaration of the Republic and Installation of the President of Barbados |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ey5vNwlvNY |access-date=2021-11-30 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2021 |title=Replacing the queen — Barbados’s first president, Sandra Mason |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211129-replacing-the-queen-barbados-s-first-president-sandra-mason |access-date=30 November 2021 |publisher=France24 English}}</ref> the 55th anniversary of [[Barbados Independence Act 1966|Independence]]. While she is nominally chief executive and is the sole head of state in Barbados, in practice her role is mostly ceremonial, much like her previous role as Governor-General.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Christine Hauser |date=22 October 2021 |title=Barbados Elects Its First Head of State, Replacing Queen Elizabeth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/world/americas/sandra-mason-barbados.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> She made her first official visit to [[Kenya]] in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 June 2022 |title=President Dame Sandra Mason makes first official visit to Kenya |url=https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/president-dame-sandra-mason-makes-first-official-visit-kenya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240529203228/https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/president-dame-sandra-mason-makes-first-official-visit-kenya |archive-date=29 May 2024 |website=Loop News}}</ref>
As president, Mason represented Barbados at the [[state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]] in 2022, and at the [[coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 September 2022 |title=President to Attend State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/president-to-attend-state-funeral-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919064838/https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/president-to-attend-state-funeral-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/ |archive-date=19 September 2022 |access-date=17 September 2022 |website=Barbados Government Information Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bulbulia |first=Suleiman |date=2023-05-06 |title=Barbados won’t be toasting Charles’s coronation – we’re still celebrating being rid of the monarchy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/06/barbados-charles-coronation-monarchy-commonwealth |access-date=2023-05-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== 2021 Election ==
At the time, [[Sandra Mason]], the incumbent [[governor-general of Barbados]], was the only candidate for the office; she was nominated jointly by the prime minister, [[Mia Mottley]], and the leader of the opposition, Bishop [[Joseph Atherley]].<ref name=”:12″>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2021 |title=Governor General Dame Sandra named first president-elect |url=https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/gg-dame-sandra-mason-first-president-elect?fbclid=IwAR3TaspRl2P5TT92FYrrp0OlLtk4n3GdUf-ahvyVtrfQPkG0v3BZoTZELzA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021225732/https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/gg-dame-sandra-mason-first-president-elect?fbclid=IwAR3TaspRl2P5TT92FYrrp0OlLtk4n3GdUf-ahvyVtrfQPkG0v3BZoTZELzA |archive-date=2021-10-21 |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Loop Barbados |language=en}}</ref> Mason would have been [[Walkover|deemed elected without a vote]] if there had been no objections to her candidacy.<ref name=”:03″ /> However, Senator Caswell Franklyn formally objected, saying that the electors had not been notified of the election rules in advance, and claiming that the rules were made up without constitutional basis and that the ballot didn’t allow a place to vote ‘no’. Due to this objection, the joint sitting was suspended and each chamber of parliament proceeded to hold a separate vote on Mason’s nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richard |first=Adriel |date=2021-10-20 |title=Senator Franklyn spells out grounds for objection to election of president |url=https://www.nationnews.com/2021/10/20/senator-franklyn-spells-grounds-objection-election-president/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020182854/https://www.nationnews.com/2021/10/20/senator-franklyn-spells-grounds-objection-election-president/ |archive-date=2021-10-20 |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|NationNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Administration (term) ==
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== References ==
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Sandra Mason is currently serving as President of Barbados, having assumed office after winning the 2021 Barbadian presidential election. She is the first person to hold the position of president in the country’s history.
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On 12 October 2021, Mason was nominated by Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley to become the first president of Barbados.[1] On 20 October she was elected by both houses without opposition.[2] Mason took office on 30 November 2021,[3][4] the 55th anniversary of Independence. While she is nominally chief executive and is the sole head of state in Barbados, in practice her role is mostly ceremonial, much like her previous role as Governor-General.[5] She made her first official visit to Kenya in June 2022.[6]
As president, Mason represented Barbados at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, and at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023.[7][8]
2021 Election
At the time, Sandra Mason, the incumbent governor-general of Barbados, was the only candidate for the office; she was nominated jointly by the prime minister, Mia Mottley, and the leader of the opposition, Bishop Joseph Atherley.[9] Mason would have been deemed elected without a vote if there had been no objections to her candidacy.[10] However, Senator Caswell Franklyn formally objected, saying that the electors had not been notified of the election rules in advance, and claiming that the rules were made up without constitutional basis and that the ballot didn’t allow a place to vote ‘no’. Due to this objection, the joint sitting was suspended and each chamber of parliament proceeded to hold a separate vote on Mason’s nomination.[11]
