Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Prime Minister of The Bahamas
Arms of Her Majesty's Bahamian Government
Incumbent The Hon. Perry Christie, P.C., M.P. since 8 May 2012
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Sir Arthur Foulkes Governor-General of the Bahamas
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Sir Lynden Pindling
Formation	1969
Website	bahamas.gov.bs

This is a list of Prime Ministers of the Bahamas.

Office of the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of the Bahamas is the head of the Government of the Bahamas. He is also the Minister of Finance and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Centreville. Duties of the Prime Minister include:

1. the Grand Bahama Port Authority
2. the Public Utilities Commission
3. City of Nassau revitalisation project
4. Industrial and hotel encouragement
5. Bahamas Information Services
6. National Economic Council
7. Promotion and facilitation of investment
8. Development in the Family Islands

Agencies under the prime minister include:

• Department of Lands and Surveys

1. Lands and Surveying
2. Acquiring Land

• Department of Local Government

1. Relations with Local Government Agencies
2. Local improvement associations

List of heads of government of the Bahamas (1955-Present)

Chief Minister of The Bahama Islands (1955–1964)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office
1	Sir Roland Symonette		1955	7 January 1964		United Bahamian Party

Premiers of The Bahama Islands (1964–1969)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office
(1)	Sir Roland Symonette		7 January 1964	16 January 1967		United Bahamian Party
2	Lynden Pindling		16 January 1967	1969		Progressive Liberal Party

Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahama Islands (1969–1973)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office
(1)	Lynden Pindling		1969	10 July 1973		Progressive Liberal Party

Prime Ministers of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (1973–Present)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office
(1)	Sir Lynden Pindling		10 July 1973	21 August 1992		Progressive Liberal Party
2	Hubert Ingraham		21 August 1992	3 May 2002		Free National Movement
3	Perry Christie		3 May 2002	4 May 2007		Progressive Liberal Party
(2)	Hubert Ingraham		4 May 2007	8 May 2012		Free National Movement
(3)	Perry Christie		8 May 2012	Incumbent		Progressive Liberal Party

Deputy Prime Ministers

• Arthur Dion "A.D" Hanna 1967–1984
• Clement T. Maynard 1985–1992
• Frank Watson 1992–2002
• Cynthia A. Pratt 2002–2007
• Brent Symonette 2007–2012
• Philip Davis 2012–present

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org/
• http://www.hk-bahamas.de/en/parties.php
• http://www.politicalresources.net/bahamas.htm
• Guinness Book of Kings Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd

See also

• Governor-General of the Bahamas
• Lists of incumbents