Lashell Adderley | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate of the Bahamas | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Philip Davis |
| Preceded by | Mildred Hall-Watson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) |
| Political party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Julie Lashell Adderley (born 1968 [1] ) is a Bahamian lawyer and politician who has served as President of the Senate of the Bahamas since 7 October 2021. [1]
Adderley is a lawyer who has worked as legal counsel for Bahamas First General Insurance, [2] and as a legal and compliance manager [3] and corporate secretary for Bahamas First Holdings. [4] [5] In 2024 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica,awarded in recognition of her career as a legislator,attorney-at-law and economist. [6]
From 2017,she was a member of the Progressive Liberal Party's constitution committee to review its policies. [7]
Adderley was appointed President of the Senate the day she was sworn in,6 October 2021, [8] the fifth woman to hold the role. [9] She was appointed at the same time as Patricia Deveaux was made Speaker of the House of Assembly,the first time women have led both houses at the same time. [10] [11] [12] Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis had been criticised the week prior for a lack of gender equality,with Adderley one of only two female Senate appointments. [13]
She is a practising Seventh-day Adventist who was raised in the church and is a member of the Johnson Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Providence,where she has also served on the school board of Bahamas Academy and on the Constitution and By-Laws Committee of the South Bahamas Conference. [14] [15] [16]