Previous Governors-General

Governors-General from July 10, 1973

 

Year

Names

1973

Sir John Warburton Paul, GCMG, OBE, MC; appointed July 10, 1973; retired July 31, 1973

1973

Sir Milo Butler, GCMG, GCVO; appointed August 1, 1973; retired January 22, 1979

1976

Sir Gerald Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP; Acting Governor-General, September 2, 1976 - September 23, 1979

1979

Sir Gerald Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP; appointed Governor-General, September 24, 1979; retired June 25, 1988

1988

Sir Henry Milton Taylor, KT; Acting Governor-General, June 26, 1988-February 28, 1991

1991

Sir Henry Milton Taylor, KT; appointed Governor-General, March 1, 1991; retired January 1, 1992

1992

Sir Clifford Darling, KT, JP; appointed January 2, 1992; retired January 2, 1995

1995

Sir Orville A Turnquest, GCMG, QC, JP; appointed Jan 3, 1995; retired November 13, 2001

2002

Her Excellency Dame Ivy Dumont, DCMG appointed Jan 1, 2003; retired November 30, 2005

2005

The Hon. Paul L. Adderley, M.A., LL.B; Acting Governor-General, December 1, 2005 – February 1, 2006

2006

The Hon. Arthur Dion Hanna; appointed Governor-General, February 1, 2006; retired April 14, 2010

2010

Sir Arthur Foulkes, GCMG; appointed Governor-General, April 14, 2010; retired July 8, 2014

2014

Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, GCMG; appointed Governor-General, July 8, 2014 - 2019