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Leader of the Opposition is a constitutionally sanctioned office in The Bahamas. The Constitution requires that there is a Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of The Bahamas who is appointed by the Governor-General of The Bahamas. Usually the person comes from the largest group in the House of Assembly that is not in government.
The earliest arrival of people in the islands now known as The Bahamas was in the first millennium AD. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Lucayans, an Arawakan language -speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 AD from other islands of the Caribbean . Recorded history began on 12 October 1492, when Christopher ...
The Supreme Court of the Bahamas is the third highest court in the adjudicative hierarchy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The court was created by Article 93 (1) of the Constitution. Before that, the Supreme Court was governed by the Supreme Court Act of 1896. The Neo-Georgian style building which is home to the Supreme Court in New ...
In February 2022, Bahamian Health Minister Dr Michael Darville refused to answer when asked what the government's position was on abortion. In 2022, presenters of the US chat show The View were criticised for vacationing on the Bahamas following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, because of the restrictive abortion laws in the country.
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 Eleutheran Adventurers were a group of English Puritans and religious Independents who left Bermuda to settle on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas in the late 1640s. . The small group of Puritan settlers, led by William Sayle, were expelled from Bermuda for their failure to swear allegiance to the Crown and left in search of a place in which they could freely practice their fa
Michael Pintard. Michael Clifton Pintard (born 3 July 1964) is a Bahamian politician serving as Leader of the Free National Movement and leader of the opposition since 27 November 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marco City, Grand Bahama since 2017. First appointed in 2010, he served two terms in the Senate.
Political parties in the Bahamas may be "classified", "nonclassified", or "unclassified". Classified parties are "major" or "minor" depending on electoral performance and competitive ability. Classified parties are "major" or "minor" depending on electoral performance and competitive ability.