Bernadette Keller

Bernadette Keller was a Santa Dominican politician and the 8th Prime Minister of Santa Dominica, serving from 12 April 2017 to 17 October that same year. She is a member of the Labour Party. Keller's prime ministership is the shortest tenure for a prime minister in Santa Dominican history. She is on the politically hard-left of her party and was generally a divisive figure throughout her career. She left office with the lowest approval rating of any prime minister, 25%, and her party lost more than 40 seats in the October 2017 General Election. She is often accredited for souring the reputation of the Labour Party to some voters, and Labour has not won a general election since her tenure. Her legacy is popularly used as a reminder to Labour leaders as to what not to do when attempting to win an election for their party.

She was appointed to the office of prime minister by Andrew Walker, who served as the leader of the Labour Party and prime minister from 2005 to 2017. He resigned due to health reasons. Her downfall was also attributed to her light response following the 10 October 2017 Attacks, with many seeing her as soft on terror and crime.