The 33-year-old Chase last played in a Test match more than two years ago, when he took the field against South Africa in Johannesburg in March 2023.
Chase has 49 appearances in the longest format and averages just a shade more than 26 with bat, including five centuries and 11 fifties, while he has taken 85 wickets with four five-wicket hauls bowling his off-spin.
Cricket West Indies (WWI) announced Chase's appointment on social media and said it had been "unanimously approved by the CWI Board of Directors".
His first assignment as captain will be the three-match Test series at home against Australia, which begins on his home ground in Bridgetown on 25 June.
Notable performances under Brathwaite's leadership reins was a 1-0 series win at home against England in 2022 and a Test victory against the Aussies in Brisbane in January 2024.
Jacob Duffy took five wickets in the second innings to help New Zealand beat West Indies by nine wickets in the second Test in Wellington as the hosts went 1-0 up in the three-match series.
Justin Greaves says he will saviour a 'special day' after scoring a maiden double-century to help West Indies to an epic draw in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.
New Zealand chased down a target of 162 to beat West Indies by four wickets to seal s clean sweep in the three-match ODI series at home.
West Indies captain Roston Chase says his team can use the defeat in the second Test against India as a "stepping stone" to improve in the longest format moving forward.
