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Bahamas

 

        Adopted 1973

1492-1670 Claimed for Spain not settled

1670-1706 Claimed for Great Britan

1706-1718 Pirate Rule

1718-1973 British Colony

1964-1973 Self Rule

1973      Independence

 

Pirate rulers

       1706 - 26 Jul 1718 Thomas Barrow

                        - Benjamin Hornigold

                        - Edward Teach 'Blackbeard the Pirate'....... 1680-1718

 

Governors-General

01 Aug 1973 - 22 Jan 1979 Sir Milo Boughton Butler .................. 1906-1979

22 Jan 1979 - 25 Jan 1988 Sir Gerald Christopher Cash ............... 1917-2003

26 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1991 Sir Henry Milton Taylor ................... 1903-1994

01 Jan 1992 - 02 Jan 1995 Sir Clifford Darling ...................... 1922-2011

03 Jan 1995 - 13 Nov 2001 Sir Orville Alton Turnquest

13 Nov 2001 - 30 Nov 2005 Dame Ivy Leona Dumont

01 Dec 2005 - 31 Jan 2006 Paul Laurence Adderley

01 Feb 2006 - 14 Apr 2010 Arthur Dion Hanna

14 Apr 2010 -             Sir Arthur Alexander Foulkes .............. 1928-

 

Prime Ministers

07 Sep 1964 - 16 Jan 1967 Sir Roland Theodore Symonette ............. 1898-1980

16 Jan 1967 - 21 Aug 1992 Lynden Oscar Pindling ..................... 1930-2000

22 Aug 1992 - 03 May 2002 Hubert Alexander Ingraham (1st Time)

04 May 2002 - 04 May 2007 Perry Gladstone Christie (1st Time)

04 May 2007 - 08 May 2012 Hubert Alexander Ingraham (2nd Time)

08 May 2012 -             Perry Gladstone Christie (2nd Time)