Philip Greaves

In 1965, he was appointed as a Cabinet Minister by the then-Premier, Errol Walton Barrow.^[4] The following year, in 1966, he was chosen as part of the delegation to England to negotiate for Barbados' Independence, and remains the only surviving member of the delegation.^[4] He has been a member of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) since 1966. In 1971 he was appointed to the Senate of Barbados and as minister of home affairs. Later in 1971 he was elected to the House of Assembly of Barbados, and he was appointed as minister of housing and labour until the election defeat in 1976.^[3] In 1986 he was appointed as minister of transport, works and communications.^[3]

Greaves served as the deputy prime minister of Barbados from 1 June 1987 until 6 September 1994 under Lloyd Erskine Sandiford.^[5][6] He later served as acting governor-general of Barbados from 1 July 2017 until 8 January 2018.^[7][8][9]

Greaves is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.^[10]

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Elliott Belgrave	Governor General of Barbados Acting 2017–2018	Succeeded by Dame Sandra Mason