Ministry of Finance (The Bahamas)

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Ministry of Finance
Agency overview
Formed1964
JurisdictionFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Government of the Bahamas
HeadquartersCecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre, West Bay Street, Nassau
Minister responsible
Parent agency Government of the Bahamas
Website www.bahamas.gov.bs/finance

The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry of the Bahamas responsible for the care and management of public finances. The development and management of the annual government budget is a major aspect of the ministry's function. [1] Since 1984, Prime Minister of the Bahamas has mostly held the portfolio of Minister of Finance.

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Ministers of Finance

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Stafford Sands 19641967 [2] [3]
Carlton Elisha Francis 19671973 [2] [3]
Arthur D. Hanna 19731984 [4] [5] [3]
Lynden O. Pindling 19841990 [3]
Paul Adderley 19901992 [6]
Hubert Ingraham 19921995 [3]
William Clifford Allen 19952002 [3]
Perry Christie 20022007 [3]
Hubert Ingraham 20072012 [7]
Perry Christie 20122017
Peter Turnquest 20172020
Hubert Minnis 20202021 [8]
Philip Davis 2021Incumbent

See also

References

  1. "Home - Government". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Bidwell, Robin (October 24, 2018). Guide to Government Ministers: The British Empire and Successor States 1900-1972. Routledge. ISBN   9781317792260 via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The minister of finance | Bahamas Local News". www.bahamaslocal.com.
  4. A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. February 22, 1974. ISBN   9780115801419 via Google Books.
  5. A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. February 22, 1984. ISBN   9780115802331 via Google Books.
  6. "Past and Present Ministers MNS and Bios" (PDF). www.bahamas.gov.bs. Government of The Bahamas.
  7. "Cabinet of Bahamas". pdba.georgetown.edu.
  8. "Turnquest resigns as Deputy PM, Minister of Finance". www.tribune242.com.