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General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 May 2017. [1] The elected members of the House of Assembly then elected the Prime Minister. The result was a victory for the opposition Free National Movement led by Hubert Minnis, which defeated the ruling Progressive Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Perry Christie.
Hubert Alexander Minnis, ON [1] (born 16 April 1954) [2] is a Bahamian politician and doctor who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from May 2017 to 16 September 2021. . Minnis is the former leader of the Free National Movement, the former governing party, and the Member of Parliament for the New Providence constituency of Killarne
The prime minister of the Bahamas is the head of government of the Bahamas. ... Election Term of office ... 11 May 2017 5 years, 3 days PLP: 4
Prior to becoming prime minister, Davis was the leader of the opposition as well as of the Progressive Liberal Party having been elected at the party's convention in October 2017. Prior to his election as party leader, he was elected deputy-leader, at the Party's Convention in 2009, when the PLP won the 2012 general elections, he became the ...
The Bahamas is mourning the loss of one of its long serving politicians, a former journalist who propelled a successful television news career into politics to represent the people of Grand Bahama ...
Elections in the Bahamas take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy. Since independence, voter turnout has been generally high in national elections, with a low of 87.9% in 1987 and a high of 98.5% in 1997. The current Prime Minister is The Hon. Philip Davis. The electorate is less than half of citizenry. [why?]
Theodore Brent Symonette (born 2 December 1954) [1] is a Bahamian businessman and Free National Movement politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Anne's constituency from 2007 to 2012 and 2017 to 2021. In his first term, he served as Deputy Prime Minister to Hubert Ingraham and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In his second, he was ...
2017 in the Bahamas. ... Prime Minister: Perry Christie ... May 10 - Bahamian General election is held; Deaths. See also. List of years in the Bahamas. References