Ralph Gonsalves — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2001 to 2025.
Leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) since 2001.
Longest continuously serving prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines since its 1979 independence.
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Central Windward since 1994.
Earned a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in government from the University of the West Indies.
Completed a doctorate in government at the University of Manchester in 1974.
Called to the bar at Gray's Inn in London in 1981.

Biography

Ralph Everard Gonsalves is a Vincentian politician who served as Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2001 to 2025. He also led the Unity Labour Party (ULP) since 2001, becoming the first prime minister from the newly formed ULP after its merger. Gonsalves was the longest continuously serving prime minister since St. Vincent's independence in 1979, holding office for almost 25 years.