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The Bahamas (/ bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, [13] is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population. The archipelagic country consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the ...
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). The following article contains a list of prime ministers of The Bahamas, from the establishment ...
The Bahamas is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy headed by King Charles III in his role as King of the Bahamas. The politics of The Bahamas takes place within a framework of parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The Bahamas is an Independent Country and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Bahamians achieved self-government in 1964 and full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations on July 10, 1973, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as monarch. The Parliament as presently constituted was established by Chapter 5 of the Constitution of The Bahamas, which came into effect upon the country's independence from the United Kingdom.
Charles III of the Bahamas, 2023 Since Bahamian independence in 1973, the pan-national Crown has had both a shared and a separate character and the sovereign's role as monarch of The Bahamas is distinct to his or her position as monarch of any other realm, including the United Kingdom. The monarchy thus ceased to be an exclusively British institution and in The Bahamas became a Bahamian, or ...
Extreme points of the Bahamas. High: Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m (207 ft) Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m. Land boundaries: none. Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 3,542 km. Population of the Bahamas: 330,549 (2007) – 177th most populous country. Area of the Bahamas: 13,878 square kilometres (5,358 sq mi) – 160th largest country.
Government House. Government House is the official residence of the governor-general of the Bahamas, located in Nassau. It was built in the colonial days and was the residence of the governor of the Bahamas. It later continued in the role of official residence and office of the governor-general following political independence from the United ...
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