Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, KCMG,PC,NH,JP was a Bahamian politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation",having led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence.
Perry Gladstone Christie PC,MP is a Bahamian former politician who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017. He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian,representing the Centreville constituency from 1977 to 2017. He is also a former athlete. His Progressive Liberal Party is the oldest Bahamian political party,holding solid majorities in the Bahamian Parliament several times in its long history.
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels:32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996,defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries. The Second Schedule lists 13 districts which are divided into town areas. Towns are governed by directly elected town committees. Second Schedule districts are governed by nine-person district councils composed of the chairs of the town committees,and if numerically required,additional people elected by the town committees. The 19 Third Schedule districts are unitary authorities which cannot be divided into towns. They are governed by nine-person district councils which are directly elected by voters. The powers of Second Schedule and Third Schedule councils are slightly different,and the Third Schedule district known as the City of Freeport has a slightly different list of enumerated powers.
Hubert Alexander Ingraham,PC is a Bahamian politician who was Prime Minister of the Bahamas from August 1992 to May 2002,and again from May 2007 to May 2012. He is a member of the Free National Movement Party (FNM). Prior to the 2012 election,he was the FNM's Party Leader and member of Parliament for the North Abaco constituency. He served as leader of the opposition in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas from 2005 to 2007.
Ragged Island is a 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) island and district in the southern Bahamas. Ragged Island is part of the Jumentos Cays and Ragged Island Chain. The crescent-shaped chain measures over 180 km (110 mi) in length and includes cays known as Raccoon Cay,Hog Cay and Double-Breasted Cay. Island ownership is stated to have been granted to William George Lockhart some time in the 18th century. On 8 September 2017,Duncan Town took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma.
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007. The result was an opposition victory,with the Free National Movement,led by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham,claiming 23 of the 41 seats. Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to his rival. Ingraham was sworn into the office of Prime Minister on 4 May.
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2002. The opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) won 29 of the 40 seats in the House of Assembly to defeat the governing Free National Movement (FNM). Voter turnout was 90%.
Philip Edward "Brave" Davis is a Bahamian politician serving as the prime minister of the Bahamas since 2021. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cat Island,Rum Cay &San Salvador from 1992 to 1997 and returned to the seat in May 2002,which he still represents.
Orville Alton Thompson "Tommy" Turnquest,CBE is a Bahamian politician.
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 7 May 2012. They were the first general election in which a third party offered a full slate of candidates alongside the two major parties,the Free National Movement and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). The result was a victory for the opposition PLP,whose leader Perry Christie became prime minister.
The prime minister of the Bahamas is the head of government of 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.
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 May 2017. The elected members of the House of Assembly then elected the Prime Minister.
Arinthia Santina Komolafe is a Bahamian politician who was elected the Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA),one of the three main political parties in the Bahamas,on 24 October 2017.
Dionisio James D'Aguilar is a Bahamian Free National Movement (FNM) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Freetown and Minister of Tourism and Aviation from 2017 to 2021. Before getting involved in politics,he was a well-known businessman who served on the board of directors for multiple companies.
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 16 September 2021 to elect all 38 members of the House of Assembly.
Picewell A. L. "Soca" Forbes is a Bahamian former Progressive Liberal Party politician and broadcaster who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mangrove Cay and South Andros from 2007 to 2021.
Pia Takita Glover-Rolle is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician,entrepreneur,and philanthropist who is currently The Bahamas Minister of Labour and Public Service since 11 September 2023. Previously serving as the Bahamian Minister of State for Public Service since 23 September 2021 and the Member of Parliament for Golden Gates. Glover Rolle defeated FNM incumbent Michael Foulkes in the 2021 general election.
Alfred Michael Sears is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician,lawyer,and educator serving as the Minister of Immigration and National Insurance since 2023. He also serves as the Member of Parliament for Fort Charlotte,a position he has held since 2021.
John H. W. Pinder II is a Bahamian politician from the Progressive Liberal Party.
The Exumas and Ragged Island is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It elects one member of parliament (MP) using the first past the post electoral system. It has been represented by Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper from the Progressive Liberal Party since 2017.
