Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Prime Minister of The Bahamas
Arms of Her Majesty's Bahamian Government
Incumbent Perry Christie since 8 May 2012
Style	The Right Honourable
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Sir Lynden Pindling
Formation	1969

The Bahamas

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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 New Providence and North Abaco. 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 Prime Ministers of the Bahamas (1955-Present)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political Affiliation
			Took Office	Left Office
Chief Minister of The Bahama Islands (1955–1964)
1	Roland Symonette		1955	7 January 1964	United Bahamian Party
Premiers of The Bahama Islands (1964–1967)
(1)	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)
(1)	Lynden Pindling		1969	10 July 1973	Progressive Liberal Party
Prime Ministers of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (1973–Present)
(1)	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

• 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

• List of Governors-General of the Bahamas
• Lists of incumbents