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Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham at the White House The new prime minister had Cabinet responsibility for the Ministry of Finance from 1992 to 1995. [ 3 ] Later, in a streamlined Cabinet, he took on responsibility for trade and industry, and quickly established a one-stop Investment Authority that promoted fresh investment in The Bahamas.
The prime minister is formally appointed into office by the governor-general of the Bahamas, who represents Charles III, the King of the Bahamas (the Bahamian head of state). The following article contains a list of prime ministers of the Bahamas , from the establishment of the position of chief minister of the Bahamas Islands in 1955 to the ...
Hubert Alexander Minnis, ON [1] (born 16 April 1954) [2] is a Bahamian politician and doctor who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from May 2017 to 16 September 2021. . Minnis is the former leader of the Free National Movement, the former governing party, and the Member of Parliament for the New Providence constituency of Killarne
Minister Office(s) Department Took office Cabinet ministers The Hon. Philip "Brave" Davis. MP for Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador. Prime Minister Minister of Finance Ministry of Finance: 21 September 2021 (3 years ago) () The Hon. Chester Cooper. MP for The Exumas and Ragged Island. Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Tourism and Aviation
Himself as Premier of the Bahamas: Succeeded by: Himself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands: 2nd Premier of the Bahamas; In office 16 January 1967 – 10 May 1969: Monarch: Elizabeth II: Preceded by: Sir Roland Symonette: Succeeded by: Himself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands: Member of Parliament for New Providence South; In office ...
Symonette was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He is the youngest son of Sir Roland Symonette (1898–1980), the first Premier of the Bahamas and Lady Margaret Symonette née Frances. Symonette is also the half brother of Bobby Symonette, who served as Speaker of the House of Assembly. He studied law in London and is a member of the Bahamas Bar.
She, along with 6 others, make up the largest number of women to ever be seated as members of parliament in the Bahamas. Deveaux was elected the second woman Speaker of the House of Assembly. [5] [6] In 2024 Shanendon Cartwright, the deputy leader of the opposition, seized the Parliamentary Mace and threw it out of the window. This was a repeat ...
Bobby Symonette was the son of Sir Roland Symonette, the first Premier of the Bahama Islands and his second wife, the former Thelma Bell Clepper of Andalusia, Alabama. Symonette was also the half-brother of Brent Symonette , the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas and Deputy Leader Free National Movement (FNM).