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This is a list of governors of the Bahamas. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera . In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the lords proprietors of the Province of Carolina , but the islands were left to themselves.
The Governor-General is appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the Monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Governor-General is appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of the Bahamas without the involvement of the British government.
The governor-general also has a ceremonial role: hosting events at the official residence—Government House in the capital, Nassau—and bestowing honours to individuals and groups who are contributing to The Bahamas and to their communities. When travelling abroad, the governor-general is seen as the representative of The Bahamas and its monarch.
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Governors of the Bahamas (1 C, 7 P) ... Pages in category "Government of the Bahamas" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
On 25 June 1988, Taylor was appointed Acting Governor-General following Cash's retirement and sworn in on 26 June. [citation needed] On 28 February 1991, Taylor was sworn in as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, becoming the third Bahamian to hold this post. He held the post until his retirement on 1 January 1992. [1] [2] [6]
Allen was appointed as deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas in 1974. [4] He was the governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas from 1980 to 1987. [2] Allen was appointed into the Senate of The Bahamas in 1992 as a government senator. [3] In the elections of 1994 he was elected to the Bahamas House of Assembly. [3]
Proprietary governors had legal responsibilities over the colony as well as responsibilities to shareholders to ensure the security of their investments. The proprietary system was a mostly inefficient [ definition needed ] system, in that the proprietors were, for the most part, like absentee landlords .