The Bahamas - Head of Government

The Rt Hon Perry Gladstone Christie took office for a second term as Prime Minister of The Bahamas on 8 May 2012, following his Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) triumph at the general election on 7 May. He is concurrently Minister of Finance.

Mr Christie previously served as prime minister from 2002 to 2007.

He has been the Leader of the PLP since April 1997 when he was also appointed Leader of the Opposition. Mr Christie became Deputy Leader of the PLP in 1993. Prior to that, he served as Minister of Culture, Trade and Industry from 1990 to 1992, and Minister of Tourism from 1982 to 1984.

In 1977, he was elected to parliament and subsequently served as Minister of Health and National Insurance, Minister of Tourism and Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Industry.

Mr Christie, an attorney-at-law, is believed to have been the youngest Bahamian to be appointed to the Senate, where he served from 1974 to 1977.

Mr Christie is a law graduate of the University Tutorial College, London, and Birmingham University. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Inner Temple) and to The Bahamas Bar in 1969.

Mr Christie was born in Nassau on 21 August 1943.

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