Cabinet
Cabinet forms the Executive branch of the Cayman Islands Government. The powers, duties and make-up of the Cabinet, including the appointment and proceedings, are set out in Part III of the 2009 Constitution.
Following the Westminster parliamentary system, if a political party gains the majority of seats in Parliament following an election, the leader of that party is appointed as premier by the governor of the Cayman Islands. Cabinet ministers are then appointed based on the advice of the premier. If no party wins a majority, all MPs choose the premier by a vote in the House.
Cabinet comprises the premier, the deputy premier, six other ministers and two ex-officio members (the deputy governor and the attorney general).
Cayman Islands Ministerial Code of Conduct, approved July 2021
UPM lame duck government
Cabinet line-up after four UPM members resigned, announced 7 November 2024:
- Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly
Minister for Finance & Economic Development, Education, District Administration & Lands, Financial Services & Commerce, Health, and Cabinet Office - Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan
Minister for Tourism & Ports, and Social Development & Innovation - Jay Ebanks
Minister for Planning, Agriculture, Housing, Infrastructure, Transport, & Development - Dwayne Seymour
Minister for Border Control, Labour & Culture, Sustainability & Climate Resiliency, and Wellness - Isaac Rankine
Minister for Youth, Sports, & Heritage, and Home Affairs
McKeeva Bush is Parliamentary Secretary to Kenneth Bryan for Social Development and Innovation, in addition to continuing to serve as Parliamentary Secretary to Dwayne Seymour and Jay Ebanks.
United People’s Movement Government
UPM Cabinet, announced 15 November 2023:
- Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly
Minister for Finance, Education, District Administration, Lands and Cabinet Office - Deputy Premier André Ebanks
Minister of Financial Services & Commerce and Investment, and Innovation & Social Development - Kenneth Bryan
Minister for Tourism & Ports - Jay Ebanks
Minister for Planning, Agriculture, Housing, Infrastructure as well as Transport & Development - Sabrina Turner
Minister for Health & Wellness and Home Affairs - Isaac Rankine
Minister for Youth, Sports & Heritage - Dwayne Seymour
Minister for Border Control & Labour and Culture - Katherine Ebanks-Wilks
Minister for Sustainability & Climate Resiliency
Ex-Officio Members:
- Deputy Governor Franz Manderson
- Attorney General Samuel Bulgin KC
Parliamentary Secretaries:
- Heather Bodden
PS to Minister André Ebanks (Social Development)
PS to Minister Kenneth Bryan (Tourism) - McKeeva Bush
PS to Minister Dwayne Seymour (Border Control and Culture) - PS to Minister Jay Ebanks (Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Transport and Development)
- Bernie Bush
PS to Minister André Ebanks (Commerce)
PS to Minister Isaac Rankine (Youth, Sports and Heritage)
PACT Government
Cabinet Post Meeting Summaries
Reshuffled PACT Cabinet:
- Premier Wayne Panton
Minister for Sustainability & Climate Resiliency and
Minister for Finance & Economic Development - Deputy Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly
Minister for Education and
Minister for District Administration & Lands - Bernie Bush
Minister for Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage - Kenneth Bryan
Minister for Tourism & Ports - André Ebanks
Minister for Financial Services & Commerce and
Minister for Investment, Innovation & Social Development - Jay Ebanks
Minister for Planning, Agriculture, Housing, & Infrastructure - Sabrina Turner
Minister for Health & Wellness and Home Affairs - Dwayne Seymour
Ministry of Border Control and Labour
Ex-Officio Members:
- Deputy Governor Franz Manderson
- Attorney General Samuel Bulgin KC
First PACT Cabinet:
- Premier Wayne Panton
Cabinet Office and Minister for Sustainability and Climate Resiliency (MSCR)
(The Premier also retains responsibility for the Royal Cayman Islands Police’s Budget). - Deputy Premier Christopher Saunders
Finance, Economic Development and Labour (FEDL) - Juliana O’Connor-Connolly
Education, District Administration, Lands and Survey (EDAL) - Bernie Bush
Minister for Youth, Sports, Culture and Heritage (YSCH) - Kenneth Bryan
Minister for Tourism and Transport (T&T) - Jay Ebanks
Minister for Planning, Agriculture, Housing, and Infrastructure (PAHI) - Sabrina Turner
Minister for Health, Wellness & Home Affairs (HWHA) - André Ebanks
Minister for Financial Services & Commerce (FSC)
and Minister for Investment, Innovation & Social Development (IISD)
Note: The Home Affairs portfolio was removed from Bernie Bush’s ministry and added to Sabrina Turner’s in April 2022. See here.
- Deputy Governor Franz Manderson
- Attorney General Samuel Bulgin QC
Parliamentary Secretaries:
- Katherine Ebanks-Wilks
PS to Minister Andre Ebanks (Financial Services) and Minister O’Connor-Connolly (Education) - Isaac Rankine
PS to Minister Jay Ebanks and Minister Turner (Home Affairs) - Heather Bodden
PS to Minister Bryan (Tourism) and Minister Andre Ebanks (Social Development) - Dwayne Seymour (since November 2021)
PS to Minister Saunders (Labour), Minister Jay Ebanks (Housing) and Minister Bryan (Transport)
