2012-2017 Leadership

Bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the Governor-General upon the advice of the Prime Minister and the opposition leader to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (39 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time.

See the Political System page for more information on the political offices and powers.

Leaders

Queen Elizabeth II Queen of the Bahamas

Marguerite Pindling Governor-General

Perry Christie Prime Minister Minister of Finance MP: Centerville

Loretta Turner-Butler Long Island Leader of the Opposition

Members of Parliament and Ministers

These are the politicians Bahamians voted into office.

Bernard Nottage Bain Town & Grants Town Minister of National Security

Renward Wells Bamboo Town

Daniel Johnson Carmichael Minister of Youth Sports & Culture

Perry Christie Centerville Prime Minister Minister of Finance

Ryan Pinder Elizabeth

Glenys Hanna Martin Englerston Minister of Transport

Andre Rollins Fort Charlotte

Frederick Mitchell Fox Hill Minister of Foreign Affairs

Kendal Major Garden Hills Speaker of the House of Assembly

Shane Gibson Golden Gates Minister of Labor & National Insurance

Michael Halkitis Golden Isles Minister of State of Finance

Hubert Minnis Killarney Leader of the FNM

Jerome Fitzgerald Marathon Minister of Education

Richard Lightbourn Montagu

Arnold Forbes Mount Moriah Chairman of BAIC & Ambassador for Trade to Caricom

Dion Smith Nassau Village Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Executive Chairman of BAIC

Michael Darville Pineridge Minister of Grand Bahama

Khaalis Rolle Pinewood

Hope Strachan Seabreeze Minister of Financial Services

Cleola Hamilton South Beach President of the Nurses Union

Kenred Dorsett Southern Shores Minister of the Environment & Housing

Hubert Chipman St. Anne's

Leslie Miller Tall Pines Former BEC Executive Chariman

Melanie Griffin Yamacraw Minister of Social Services & Community Development

Philip Brave Davis Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Works & Urban Development

Edison Key Central & South Abaco

Damian Gomez Central & South Eleuthera

Neko Grant Central Grand Bahama

Peter Turnquest East Grand Bahama

Anthony Moss Exumas & Ragged Island

Loretta Turner-Butler Long Island Leader of the Opposition

Picewell Forbes Mangrove Cay & South Andros

Greg Moss Marco City

Alfred Gray M.I.C.A.L.* Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources, & Local Government

Renardo Curry North Abaco Parliamentary Secretary

Perry Gomez North Andros & Berry Islands Minister of Health

Theo Neilly North Eleuthera

Obediah Wilchcombe West Grand Bahama & Bimini Minister of Tourism

Party Breakdown for House of Assembly

* Mayaguana, Inagua (Great & Little), Crooked Island, Acklins, & Long Cay

Senators

The Senate consists of 16 members called Senators. These Senators are not elected, rather, they are appointed by the Governor-General after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.