Hon. Mark Brantley is a lawyer by profession. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus in 1992 and his Legal Education Certificate (with Merit) from the Norman Manley Law School in 1994, where he graduated First in Class. He also holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford (1995), having won the Winter Williams Commonwealth Scholarship.

Having been called to the St. Kitts-Nevis Bar in 1994, he has practiced extensively before the High Court and Court of Appeal. He is a member of several Bars across the OECS and holds membership in various international professional associations. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the St. Kitts-Nevis-based law firm Daniel Brantley.

Hon. Brantley entered politics in 2006 as an opposition senator in the Nevis Island Assembly. In 2007, he was elected to the Federal Parliament of St. Kitts and Nevis and became the Leader of the Opposition. He retained his seat in the 2010 Federal elections and continued in that role until January 2015.

In the January 2013 Nevis Island elections, Hon. Brantley was elected and became part of the new CCM-led Nevis Island Administration (NIA). He received several portfolios, including the Ministry of Tourism, and was named Deputy Premier. He took a sabbatical from his legal practice to focus on his career in government.

When Federal Elections were held in February 2015, Hon. Brantley again won his seat in the Federal Parliament and assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation in the new UNITY Government of St. Kitts and Nevis.

In October 2017, Hon. Vance Amory stepped down as leader of the CCM, and Hon. Brantley was named party leader. He led the party into elections in December 2017 and triumphed, becoming the 4th named Premier of Nevis.

In the June 2020 Federal elections, Premier Brantley led the CCM to victory on Nevis, winning all of the island’s seats for the first time in CCM’s history. He continued serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation in the Team Unity Government. In the August 2022 Federal elections, the CCM again captured all seats on Nevis. The CCM now commands a majority of seats in the Opposition, and Hon. Brantley has once again assumed the role of Leader of the Opposition.

Nevisians went to the polls once more on December 12th, 2022, for the Nevis Island Administration elections. Hon. Mark Brantley led the CCM to yet another electoral victory and was sworn in as Premier of Nevis for a second term on Wednesday, December 14th, 2022.

Premier Brantley is married and has two adult daughters.