Here in this article, we lists the prime ministers of Eswatini since the formation of the post in 1967 and their term in office.
This is a list of Eleven people have been Prime Minister of Eswatini, plus seven acting prime ministers. One person, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, held two non-consecutive terms.
Read: POLITICAL HISTORY OF ESWATINI
The current prime minister is Cleopas Dlamini, who was appointed by King Mswati III at the Ludzidzini Royal Village on 19 July 2021.
List of officeholders
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) (Reign) |
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Makhosini Dlamini (1914–1978) |
1967 1972 |
16 May 1967 | 31 March 1976 | 8 years, 320 days | Imbokodvo National Movement (until 1973) |
Sobhuza II (1899–1982) |
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| Independent | ||||||||
| 2 | Maphevu Dlamini (1922–1979) |
1978 | 31 March 1976 | 25 October 1979† | 3 years, 208 days | Independent | ||
| – | Ben Nsibandze (1931–2021) |
— | 25 October 1979 | 23 November 1979 | 29 days | Independent | ||
| 3 | Mabandla Dlamini (born 1930) |
— | 23 November 1979 | 25 March 1983 | 3 years, 122 days | Independent | ||
| Interregnum | ||||||||
| 4 | Bhekimpi Dlamini (1924–1999) |
1983 | 25 March 1983 | 6 October 1986 | 3 years, 195 days | Independent | ||
| Mswati III (since 1986) |
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| 5 | Sotsha Dlamini (1940–2017) |
1987 | 6 October 1986 | 12 July 1989 | 2 years, 279 days | Independent | ||
| 6 | Obed Dlamini (1937–2017) |
— | 12 July 1989 | 25 October 1993 | 4 years, 105 days | Independent | ||
| – | Andreas Fakudze (died 2013) |
— | 25 October 1993 | 4 November 1993 | 10 days | Independent | ||
| 7 | Jameson Mbilini Dlamini (1921–2008) |
1993 | 4 November 1993 | 8 May 1996 | 2 years, 186 days | Independent | ||
| – | Sishayi Nxumalo (1936–2000) |
— | 8 May 1996 | 26 July 1996 | 79 days | Independent | ||
| 8 | Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini (1942–2018) |
1998 | 26 July 1996 | 29 September 2003 | 7 years, 65 days | Independent | ||
| – | Paul Shabangu (born 1943) |
— | 29 September 2003 | 6 November 2003 | 38 days | Independent | ||
| 9 | Themba Dlamini (born 1950) |
2003 | 6 November 2003 | 18 September 2008 | 4 years, 317 days | Independent | ||
| – | Bheki Dlamini | — | 18 September 2008 | 23 October 2008 | 35 days | Independent | ||
| (8) | Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini (1942–2018) |
2008 2013 |
23 October 2008 | 5 September 2018 | 9 years, 317 days | Independent | ||
| – | Vincent Mhlanga (died 2020) |
— | 5 September 2018 | 27 October 2018 | 52 days | Independent | ||
| 10 | Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini (1968–2020) |
2018 | 27 October 2018 | 13 December 2020† | 2 years, 47 days | Independent | ||
| – | Themba Masuku (born 1950) |
— | 13 December 2020 | 19 July 2021 | 218 days | Independent | ||
| 11 | Cleopas Dlamini (born 1952) |
— | 19 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 37 days | Independent | ||