Nassau is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. It is located on the island of New Providence,which had a population of 246,329 in 2010,or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas. As of April 2023,the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for New Providence,74.26% of the country's population. Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city,dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce,education,law,administration,and media of the country.
Dame Ivy Leona Dumont,is a Bahamian politician who served as the seventh governor-general of the Bahamas. She was the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office,from 1 January 2002 until 30 November 2005. She previously served as Minister of Education from 1995 to 2001.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Bahamas have limited legal protections. While same-sex sexual activity is legal in the Bahamas,there are no laws that address discrimination or harassment on the account of sexual orientation or gender identity,nor does it recognize same sex unions in any form,whether it be marriage or partnerships. Households headed by same-sex couples are also not eligible for any of the same rights given to opposite-sex married couples.
Sir Francis Fleming,was a British lawyer and colonial administrator who held appointments in eleven colonies.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force is the national law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. It operates within the portfolio of the Ministry of National Security. The police force was established on 1 March 1840 and is headquartered on East Street Hill in Nassau,Bahamas.
Sir Charles Cameron Lees was a British military officer and colonial administrator.
The monarchy of the Bahamas is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The current Bahamian monarch and head of state,since 8 September 2022,is King Charles III. As sovereign,he is the personal embodiment of the Bahamian Crown. Although the person of the sovereign is equally shared with 14 other independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations,each country's monarchy is separate and legally distinct. As a result,the current monarch is officially titled King of the Bahamas and,in this capacity,he and other members of the royal family undertake public and private functions domestically and abroad as representatives of the Bahamian state. However,the King is the only member of the Royal Family with any constitutional role.
Sir Leonard Joseph Knowles,CBE was the first Chief Justice of an independent Bahamas.
Sir Burton Percival Curtis Hall, KCHS is a Judge of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
The Supreme Court of the Bahamas is the third highest court in the adjudicative hierarchy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The court was created by Article 93(1) of the Constitution. Before that,the Supreme Court was governed by the Supreme Court Act of 1896.
The chief justice of the Bahamas heads the Supreme Court of the Bahamas.
Sir Bruce Lockhart Burnside was a Bahamian lawyer and politician.
Sir Hartman Godfrey Longley is the former Chief Justice of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas having been sworn on February 2,2015.
Dame Doris Sands Johnson was a Bahamian teacher,suffragette,and politician. She was the first Bahamian woman to contest an election in the Bahamas,the first female Senate appointee,and the first woman granted a leadership role in the Senate. Once in the legislature,she was the first woman to be made a government minister and then was elected as the first woman President of the Senate. She was the first woman to serve as Acting Governor General of the Bahamas,and was honored as Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Nassau Guardian is a newspaper in The Bahamas,based in Nassau. Its first issue was published November 23,1844. It is the largest newspaper in the Bahamas. The paper is one of the oldest continually published newspapers in the world and is considered a newspaper of record for The Bahamas.
Hilda Bowen,MBE was a Bahamian nurse. Graduating with a degree in ophthalmic nursing and midwifery,she became the first Bahamian-trained nurse. In 1962,she was the first Bahamian to become matron of the public hospital and in 1965,was installed as principal matron of the Public Health Department. She worked as the Chief Nursing Officer of the Ministry of Health between 1970 and 1980 and thereafter served as the country's Director of Nursing. She drove for the establishment of the Bahamas Nursing Council,a governing body for the country's nursing industry and was influential in developing a degree based nursing certification. She was honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1969 for her contributions to the medical development of the country.
The Office of the Attorney-General &Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters.
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.
