Cayman Islands
 

to 4 Jul 1959

Adopted 4 Jul 1959

Government Ensign Adopted 25 Jan 1999

Map of the Cayman Islands Hear National Anthem "God Save the King" ("God Save the Queen" 1837-1901, 1952-2022) Hear Local Anthem "Beloved Isle Cayman" From 1960, Adopted 1993 Constitution Order (6 Nov 2009, 18 Nov 2020) -------------------------------- 1972 Constitution (22 Aug 1972 - 6 Nov 2009) Capital: George Town (Bodden Town c.1773-c.1879) Currency: Caymanian Dollar (KYD); 1900-1959 Jamaican Pound (JMP) National Holiday:  2nd Sat. in Jun (1948) Birthday of King Charles III ---------------------------------------- Local Holiday: 1st Monday in July (1959) Constitution Day Population: 59,613 (2018) GDP: $2.7 billion (2016)  Exports: $588 million (2017) Imports: $3.33 billion (2017)  Ethnic groups: mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20% Total Active Police Force: 343 (2012) Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K. Merchant marine: 165 ships (2018) Religions: Protestant 67.8% (includes Church of God 22.6%,  Seventh Day Adventist 9.4%, Presbyterian/United Church 8.6%, Baptist 8.3%, Pentecostal 7.1%, non-denominational 5.3%, Anglican 4.1%, Wesleyan Holiness 2.4%), Roman Catholic 14.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other 7%, none 9.3%, unspecified 0.7% (2010) International Organizations/Treaties: Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UNESCO (associate), UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UPU  Cayman Islands Chronology 10 May 1503                Cayman Brac and Little Cayman discovered and                              claimed for Spain by Columbus, the islands are                              named Islas Las Tortugas. 1661 - 1671                First recorded settlements located on Little Cayman                              and Cayman Brac. 18 Jul 1670                English colony, part of Jamaica (Cayman Islands). 1734 - 1741                Permanent settlements established.  4 Jul 1959                Separate British crown colony.  4 Jul 1959 - 31 May 1962  With Jamaica part of Federation of the West Indies.  6 Nov 2009                Autonomy, self-government.

Magistrate
c.1734 - 1750?             William Cartwright
Chief magistrates (Custos Rotulorum)(locally called Governors to 1855)
1750 - 1776                William Cartwright
1776 - 23 Apr 1789         William Bodden I                   (b. 1722 - d. 1789)
1789 - 1823                William Bodden II                  (b. 17.. - d. 1823)
24 Nov 1823 - 1829         James Coe "the Elder"              (b. 1769 - d. 1839)
1829 - 1842                John Drayton
1842 - 1855                James Coe "the Younger"            (b. 1799 - d. 1875)
1855 - 17 Sep 1879         William Eden                       (b. 1807 - d. 1879)
1879 - 1888                William Bodden Webster             (b. 1832 - d. 1916)
1888 - 1898                Edmund Parsons                     (b. 1850 - d. 1915)
Commissioners of the Cayman Islands
22 Aug 1898 - 25 Oct 1906  Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti      (b. 1847 - d. 1906)
Oct 1906 - 16 Mar 1907     Charles Henry Yorke Slader (acting)(b. 1867 - d. 1934)
16 Mar 1907 -  8 Jun 1912  George Stephenson Shirt Hirst      (b. 1871 - d. 1912)
Jun 1912 - Jan 1913        Hugh Houston Hutchings (1st time)  (b. 1869 - d. 1937)
                             (acting)
Jan 1913 - 1916            Aubrey Charles Robinson            (b. 1875 - d. 19..)
1916 - 1919                Cecil Everard Mellish              (b. 1872 - d. 1949)
1919 - 1929                Hugh Houston Hutchings (2nd time)  (s.a.)
1929 - 1931                Geoffrey Hammond Frith             (b. 1891 - d. 1945)
1931 - 1934                Ernest Arthur Weston               (b. 1880 - d. 1940)
1934 - Jan 1940            Allan Wolsey Cardinall             (b. 1887 - d. 1956)
Jan 1940 - Nov 1941        Albert Colonridge Panton, Sr.      (b. 1896 - d. 1956)
                             (acting)
1941 - 1946                John Penry Jones                   (b. 1887 - d. 1974)
26 May 1946 - Jan 1952     Ivor Otterbein Smith               (b. 1907 - d. 2003)
17 Jun 1952 - 1956         Andrew Morris Gerrard              (b. 1916 - d. 1994)
1956 - 1960                Alan Hilliard Donald               (b. 1917 - d. 1996)
1960 - 1962                Jack Rose                          (b. 1917 - d. 2009)
Administrators
1962 - 1964                Jack Rose                          (s.a.)
27 Jan 1964 - 1968         John Alfred Cumber                 (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
29 Oct 1968 -  3 Nov 1971  Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long   (b. 1919 - d. 2019)
Governors
 3 Nov 1971 - 12 Nov 1971  Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long   (s.a.)
12 Nov 1971 - 30 Nov 1971  Desmond Vere Watler (acting)       (b. 1914 - d. 1994)
30 Nov 1971 - Jul 1974     Kenneth Roy Crook                  (b. 1920 - d. 2012)
28 Aug 1974 - 1981         Thomas "Tom" Russell               (b. 1920 - d. 2016)
14 Jan 1982 - 10 Jun 1987  George Peter Lloyd                 (b. 1926 - d. 2007)
10 Jun 1987 - 14 Sep 1992  Alan James Scott                   (b. 1934)
14 Sep 1992 - 16 Oct 1995  Michael Edward John Gore           (b. 1935 - d. 2022)
16 Oct 1995 -  5 May 1999  John Wynne Owen                    (b. 1939)
 5 May 1999 -  9 May 2002  Peter John Smith                   (b. 1942)
 9 May 2002 - 29 May 2002  James Ryan (acting)                (b. 1944)
29 May 2002 - 28 Oct 2005  Bruce Harry Dinwiddy               (b. 1946 - d. 2021)
28 Oct 2005 - 23 Nov 2005  George A. McCarthy (acting)
23 Nov 2005 -  2 Dec 2009  Stuart Duncan Macdonald Jack       (b. 1949 - d. 2022)
 2 Dec 2009 - 15 Jan 2010  Donovan Ebanks (acting)            (b. 1947 - d. 2024)
15 Jan 2010 -  7 Aug 2013  Duncan Taylor                      (b. 1958)
 7 Aug 2013 -  6 Sep 2013  Franz Ireland Manderson (1st time)
                             (acting)
 6 Sep 2013 -  5 Mar 2018  Helen Marjorie Kilpatrick (f)      (b. 1958)
 5 Mar 2018 - 26 Mar 2018  Franz Ireland Manderson (2nd time)
                             (acting)
26 Mar 2018 - 20 Sep 2018  Anwar Choudhury                    (b. 1959)
                             (suspended from 13 Jun 2018)
13 Jun 2018 - 29 Oct 2018  Franz Ireland Manderson (3rd time)
                             (acting [for Choudhury to 20 Sep 2018])
29 Oct 2018 - 29 Mar 2023  Martyn Keith Roper                 (b. 1965)
29 Mar 2023 - 21 Apr 2023  Franz Ireland Manderson (4th time)
                             (acting)
21 Apr 2023 -              Jane Caroline Owen (f)             (b. 1963)
 

Leaders of Government Business (official post from 30 Jun 2003)
25 Nov 1992 - 1995         Thomas Carroll Jefferson           (b. 1941 - d. 2006)  Non-party
1995 - 15 Nov 2000         Truman Murray Bodden               (b. 1945)            Non-party
15 Nov 2000 -  8 Nov 2001  Darwin Kurt Tibbetts (1st time)    (b. 1954)            Non-party
 8 Nov 2001 - 18 May 2005  William McKeeva Bush (1st time)    (b. 1955)            UDP
18 May 2005 - 27 May 2009  Darwin Kurt Tibbetts (2nd time)    (s.a.)               PPM
27 May 2009 -  6 Nov 2009  William McKeeva Bush (2nd time)    (s.a.)               UDP
Premiers
 6 Nov 2009 - 19 Dec 2012  William McKeeva Bush               (s.a.)               UDP
19 Dec 2012 - 29 May 2013  Juliana O'Connor-Connolly (f)      (b. 1961)            UDP
                             (1st time)
29 May 2013 - 21 Apr 2021  Alden McNee McLaughlin, Jr.        (b. 1961)            PPM
21 Apr 2021 - 15 Nov 2023  Gurney Wayne Panton                (b. 1964)            Non-party
15 Nov 2023 -              Juliana O'Connor-Connolly (f)      (s.a.)               UPM
                             (2nd time)

Party abbreviations: PPM = People's Progressive Movement (center-left, social-democratic, est.2002); UPM = United People's Movement (est.2023);
- Former parties: UDP = United Democratic Party (centrist, fiscal conservative, classic liberal, later named Cayman Democratic Party, Nov 2001-Feb 2021)