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Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 1,022 entities connected with Bahamas. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Bahamas. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Bahamas

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Bahamas.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 125 entities identified as PEPs connected with Bahamas.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor-General2--
King1--
monarch of the Bahamas-11
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of the Bahamas-31
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs13-
Deputy Prime Minister of The Bahamas-41
Governor-General of the Bahamas-51
Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Public Service of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas1--
Minister for Grand Bahama1-1
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources1-1
Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources12-
Minister of Economic Affairs1-1
Minister of Education and Technical and Vocational Training1--
Minister of Energy and Transport1--
Minister of Finance--1
Minister of Financial Services, Trade and Industry and Immigration-2-
Minister of Foreign Affairs11-
Minister of Health-21
Minister of Health and Wellness1--
Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal1--
Minister of Immigration and National Insurance1--
Minister of Labor and the Public Service1--
Minister of Labour and Immigration-1-
Minister of National Security111
Minister of Public Works-2-
Minister of Social Services and Urban Development-11
Minister of Social Services and Urban Development and Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly1--
Minister of Social Services, Information, and Broadcasting1--
Minister of State for Aviation1--
Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction-1-
Minister of State for Finance-1-
Minister of State for Legal Affairs-1-
Minister of State for the Environment11-
Minister of State for the Public Service-1-
Minister of State in the Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal1--
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Technical & Vocational Training-1-
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development-1-
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister--1
Minister of the Environment and Housing-1-
Minister of the Public Service and National Insurance-1-
Minister of Transport and Local Government-2-
Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs1--
Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture111
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Leader of Government Business in the Senate--1
Member of the House of Assembly--38
Member of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas-122
senator of the Bahamas-29
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Justice of the Bahamas-11
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of the Central Bank of The Bahamas-21
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of China to the Bahamas-1-
Ambassador to the US1--
embajador de España en las Bahamas-1-
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas-11
United States Ambassador to the Bahamas-21

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister of Education-11
Minister of Tourism and Aviation-11
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investment, & Aviation1--
Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly--1
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...