Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas)

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The Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters. [1]

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List of Attorneys-General of the Colony of the Bahamas

This is an incomplete listing of Attorneys-General before 1973.

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