Political Leaders: Bahamas

Leaders of Bahamas
(Commonwealth of the Bahamas)

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The British Monarch is the head of the State and is represented by a Governor-General since the independence (10 Jul 1973).

Parties: BUP: Bahamas United Party; PLP: Progressive Liberal Party; FNM: Free National Movement

Heads of Government

Chief Minister
Roland T. Symonette              1955 -  7 Jan 1964 (+1980) BUP

Prime Ministers
Roland T. Symonette        7 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1967 (+1980) BUP
Lynden Oscar Pindling     16 Jan 1967 - 21 Aug 1992 (+2000) PLP 
Hubert Alexander Ingraham 21 Aug 1992 -  3 May 2002         FNM 
Perry Gladstone Christie   3 May 2002 -  4 May 2007         PLP  
Hubert Alexander Ingraham  4 May 2007 -                     FNM

Governors-General

John Warburton Paul       10 Jul 1973 - 31 Jul 1973 (+2004) (acting)
Milo Boughton Butler       1 Aug 1973 - 22 Jan 1979 (+)
Gerald Christopher Cash   22 Jan 1979 - 25 Jun 1988 (+2003) (acting to 23 Sep 1979)
Henry Taylor              26 Jun 1988 -  1 Jan 1992 (+1994) (acting to 28 Feb 1991)
Clifford Darling           2 Jan 1992 -  2 Jan 1995 (+2011)     
Orville Alton Turnquest    3 Jan 1995 - 13 Nov 2001         
Ivy Leona Dumont          13 Nov 2001 -  1 Feb 2006         (acting to 1 Jan 2002) 
Arthur Dion Hanna          1 Feb 2006 -