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This is a list of the heads of state of The Bahamas, from the independence of The Bahamas in 1973 to the present day. From 1973 the head of state under the Bahamas Independence Act 1973 is the Monarch of The Bahamas , currently King Charles III , who is also the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms .
The prime minister of the Bahamas is the head of government of the Bahamas. The prime minister is formally appointed into office by the Governor-General of the Bahamas , who represents Charles III , the King of the Bahamas (the Bahamian head of state ).
Other key responsibilities include administering the Office of the Prime Minister, the Government Printing Department, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Lands and Surveys as well as advising the Prime Minister on policy. The current Secretary of the Cabinet is Mrs. Nicole Campbell.
The national police force of Thamas is known as "The Royal Bahamas Police Force". The St. Edward's Crown appears on the Bahamian Police's badges and rank insignia, which illustrates the monarchy as the locus of authority. [63] Every member of the Royal Bahamas Police Force has to swear allegiance to the monarch of the Bahamas, on taking office.
In 1967, under the leadership of a young black lawyer named Lynden Pindling, the PLP were elected and went on to lead the Bahamas into independence in 1973. A coalition of PLP dissidents and former UBP members formed the Free National Movement (FNM) in 1971 under the leadership of Cecil Wallace-Whitfield.
The leaders are listed in order of their terms, with leaders serving twice only being listed in order of their first term: Antigua and Barbuda: Vere Cornwall Bird, Lester Bird and Baldwin Spencer Bahamas: Lynden Pindling, Hubert Ingraham (twice), Perry Christie (twice) and Hubert Minnis
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 Bahamas' deputy prime minister and minister for public works and urban development, to which he served up until 2017, when the PLP was once again defeated in the polls.
The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up of the sovereign (represented by the governor-general), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital.