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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.
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?]
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
Prime Minister Title State's political system Date of assumption Current length of term Hassanal Bolkiah: Prime Minister of Brunei: Absolute monarchy: 1 January 1984 41 years, 30 days Ralph Gonsalves: Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Constitutional monarchy: 29 March 2001 23 years, 308 days Roosevelt Skerrit: Prime Minister ...
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). The following article contains a list of prime ministers of the Bahamas , from the establishment of the position of chief minister of the Bahamas Islands in 1955 to the ...
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The Office of Prime Minister Philip Davis said that even though Wilchcombe, who was known simply as “Obie” and also served as leader of government business in the House of Assembly, had ...
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