Political Leaders: Bahamas

Leaders of Bahamas
(Commonwealth of the Bahamas)

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

Parties: UBP: United Bahamian Party - PLP: Progressive Liberal Party - FNM: Free National Movement

Heads of Government

Chief Minister
Roland Theodore Symonette        1955 -  7 Jan 1964 (†1980) UBP

Prime Ministers
Roland Theodore Symonette  7 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1967 (†1980) UBP
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 -  8 May 2012         FNM 
Perry Gladstone Christie   8 May 2012 - 11 May 2017         PLP
Hubert Alexander Minnis   11 May 2017 - 17 Sep 2021         FNM  
Philip Edward Davis       17 Sep 2021 -                     PLP

Governors-General

John Warburton Paul       10 Jul 1973 - 31 Jul 1973 (†2004) (acting)
Milo Boughton Butler       1 Aug 1973 - 22 Jan 1979 (†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) 
Paul Adderley              1 Dec 2005 -  1 Feb 2006 (†2012) (acting)
Arthur Dion Hanna          1 Feb 2006 - 14 Apr 2010 (†2021) 
Arthur Alexander Foulkes  14 Apr 2010 -  8 Jul 2014
Marguerite Pindling        8 Jul 2014 - 28 Jun 2019         
Cornelius Alvin Smith     28 Jun 2019 -  1 Sep 2023
Cynthia Alexandria Pratt   1 Sep 2023 -

Leaders of FNM

Cecil Wallace-Whitfield    1971-1972 (†1990)
Kendal George Lamon Isaacs 1972-1976 (†1996)
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield    1976-1981 (†1990)
Kendal George Lamon Isaacs 1981-1987 (†1996)
Cecil Wallace Whitfield    1987-1990 (†1990)
Hubert Alexander Ingraham  1990-2001
Orville Alton Turnquest    2001-2005
Hubert Alexander Ingraham  2005-2012
Hubert Alexander Minnis    2012-2021
Michael Clifton Pintard    2021-

Leaders of PLP

Henry Milton Taylor        1953-1956
Lynden Oscar Pindling      1956-1997 (†2000)
Perry Gladstone Christie   1997-2017
Philip Edward Davis        2017-

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