2017 in Barbados

This article lists events from the year 2017 in Barbados.

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Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2017 Timeline of Barbadian history

Incumbents

• Monarch: Elizabeth II^[1]
• Governor-General: Elliott Belgrave (until 30 June); Philip Greaves (acting) (from 1 July)
• Prime Minister: Freundel Stuart

Events

• September – Hurricane Irma

Sports

• 14 to 30 July – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships with 4 competitors.

• 4 to 13 August – Barbados participated at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics with 7 competitors (5 men and 2 women) in 6 events.

Deaths

• 13 July – Keith Baird, Barbadian-born American linguist (born 1923).^[2]

• 11 October – Clifford Husbands, politician and judge, Governor-General 1996–2011 (b. 1926).^[3]

• 9 December – Charles Skeete, economist and diplomat (born c. 1938).^[4]