Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Prime Minister of The Bahamas
Coat of Arms of the Bahamian Government
Incumbent The Rt Hon. Perry Christie, P.C., M.P. since 8 May 2012
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General of the Bahamas
Term length	five years
Inaugural holder	Sir Lynden Pindling
Formation	1969
Website	bahamas.gov.bs

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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. Duties of the Prime Minister include:

the Grand Bahama Port Authority
the Public Utilities Commission
City of Nassau revitalisation project
Industrial and hotel encouragement
Bahamas Information Services
National Economic Council
Promotion and facilitation of investment
Development in the Family Islands

Agencies under the prime minister include:

Department of Lands and Surveys

Lands and Surveying
Acquiring Land

Department of Local Government

Relations with Local Government Agencies
Local improvement associations

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

Chief Minister of The Bahama Islands (1955–1964)

#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political affiliation
1	Sir Roland Symonette (1898–1980)		1955	7 January 1964		United Bahamian Party

Premiers of The Bahama Islands (1964–1969)

#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political affiliation
(1)	Sir Roland Symonette (1898–1980)		7 January 1964	16 January 1967		United Bahamian Party
2	Lynden Pindling (1930–2000)		16 January 1967	1969		Progressive Liberal Party

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

#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political affiliation
(1)	Lynden Pindling (1930–2000)		1969	10 July 1973		Progressive Liberal Party

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

#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
#	Incumbent (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political affiliation
(1)	Sir Lynden Pindling (1930–2000)		10 July 1973	21 August 1992		Progressive Liberal Party
2	Hubert Ingraham (1947–)		21 August 1992	3 May 2002		Free National Movement
3	Perry Christie (1943–)		3 May 2002	4 May 2007		Progressive Liberal Party
(2)	Hubert Ingraham (1947–)		4 May 2007	8 May 2012		Free National Movement
(3)	Perry Christie (1943–)		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

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Heads of government

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Deputy heads of government of North America

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