Dennis King MLA (born November 1, 1971)[1] is the 33rd and current premier of Prince Edward Island since 2019[2] and current leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.

In 1997, he started work as a public relations coordinator for the Ministry of Transportation, then became director of communications for the Department of Development and Technology, and finally director of communications and executive assistant to the 30th premier of Prince Edward Island, Pat Binns.

[3] King led his party to win a plurality of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island following the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election and won his seat in the district of Brackley-Hunter River.

[7] On April 30, 2019, King was invited by Lieutenant-Governor Antoinette Perry to form a minority government and was sworn in as premier on May 9, 2019.

[9] King is the author of two books: The Day They Shot Reveen: Stories from a PEI Small Town (2016)[10] and The Legend of Bubby Stevens (2017).