Prime Minister of the Bahamas
| Prime Minister of The Bahamas | |
|---|---|
 Arms of Her Majesty’s Bahamian Government | |
 | |
| Style | The Most Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General of the Bahamas |
| Term length | At the Governor-General's pleasure (normally 5 years) |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Lynden Pindling |
| Formation | 10 May 1969 |
| Salary | 86,000 BSD annually[1] |
| Website | bahamas.gov.bs |
This is a list of prime ministers of the Bahamas.
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 New Providence and North Abaco.
List of prime ministers of the Bahamas
[change | change source]| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of Office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Lynden Pindling (1930–2000) |
1977 1982 1987 |
10 July 1973 | 21 August 1992 | 19 years,
42 days |
Progressive Liberal Party | |
| 2 | 
|
Hubert Ingraham (1947–) |
1992 1997 |
21 August 1992 | 3 May 2002 | 9 years,
255 days |
Free National Movement |
| 3 | .jpg)
|
Perry Christie (1943–) |
2002 | 3 May 2002 | 4 May 2007 | 5 years,
1 day |
Progressive Liberal Party |
| (2) |
|
Hubert Ingraham (1947–) |
2007 | 4 May 2007 | 8 May 2012 | 5 years,
4 days |
Free National Movement |
| (3) |
|
Perry Christie (1943–) |
2012 | 8 May 2012 | 11 May 2017 | 5 years,
3 days |
Progressive Liberal Party |
| 4 | 
|
Hubert Minnis (1954–) |
2017 | 11 May 2017 | 17 September | 4 years, 129 days | Free National Movement |
| 5 | 
|
Philip Davis (1951–) |
2021 | 17 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 71 days | Progressive Liberal Party |
Deputy prime ministers
[change | change source]- Arthur Dion "A.D" Hanna 1967–1984
- Clement T. Maynard 1985–1992
- Orville Turnquest 1992-1995
- Frank Watson 1995–2002
- Cynthia A. Pratt 2002–2007
- Brent Symonette 2007–2012
- Philip Davis 2012–2017
- Peter Turnquest 2017–2020
- Desmond Bannister 2020–2021
- Chester Cooper 2021-present
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Statute Law of The Bahamas. "Parliamentarians (Salaries and Allowances) Act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-29.