List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas

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The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

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From Bahamian independence in 1973 until 2005 there were resident High Commissioners to the Bahamas. In June 2005 the High Commission in Nassau was closed and responsibility for the Bahamas was assumed by the British High Commission in Kingston, Jamaica, [1] the High Commissioner to Jamaica was also accredited to the Bahamas. However, the High Commission in Nassau is to reopened in 2019 with a resident High Commissioner. [2]

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High Commissioners to the Bahamas

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  2. ↑ "Change of British High Commissioner to The Bahamas - August 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 31 May 2019.
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  14. ↑ "New British high commissioner tackles job". 22 July 2013.
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  16. ↑ "Change of British High Commissioner to the Bahamas: Thomas Hartley".
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