Gaston Alfonso Browne has been the prime minister and minister for finance, corporate governance and public private partnerships of Antigua and Barbuda since June 12, 2014. In 2012, he was elected leader of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, which he steered to victory in the 2014 general elections, becoming the fourth prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda. He is the first prime minister to achieve three consecutive terms in office. Between 1999 and 2004, he served as minister for planning, trade, industry, commerce, and public service affairs. While in opposition in Parliament between 2004 and 2014, Browne returned to the private sector as a businessman and launched several successful ventures to include real estate development and management.