Zane Lightbourne | |
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Member of the Parliament of the Bahamas for Yamacraw | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Preceded by | Elsworth Johnson |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Zane Enrico Lightbourne is a Bahamian politician from the Progressive Liberal Party.
In the 2021 Bahamian general election,he was elected in Yamacraw.
He is State Minister in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. [1] In 2024,he led the Bahamas Delegation to the IAEA Nuclear Security Conference. [2]
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