Hubert Minnis
| Dr. Hubert A. Minnis | |
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Dr. Minnis - FNM Convention August 2016
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| 4th Prime Minister of the Bahamas | |
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Assumed office 11 May 2017 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Dame Marguerite Pindling |
| Deputy | Peter Turnquest |
| Preceded by | Perry Christie |
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| Born |
17 April 1954 Nassau, Bahamas |
| Political party | Free National Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Beneby |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | OBG |
Hubert Alexander Minnis (born 17 April 1954) is a Bahamian physician and politician who has served as Prime Minister of The Bahamas since 2017. Minnis is the leader of the Free National Movement, the present governing party, and the Member of Parliament for the New Providence constituency of Killarney. First elected to the legislature in the 2007 election, he succeeded Hubert Ingraham as party leader following the party's defeat in the 2012 election.
He was dismissed from his leadership role in the FNM in December 2016, and regained the position in April 2017 after much internal conflict within the party. He became Prime Minister following the victory of his party in the general election held on 10 May 2017.
Minnis was born in Bain Town, New Providence to Rosalie North and Randolph Minnis. He was educated at Our Lady's Primary School, Western Junior and St. Augustine College, Nassau and he also attended the University of Minnesota.
After obtaining his doctor of medicine degree from the University of the West Indies and MRCOG from London in 1985, he returned home and began working as a physician at the Princess Margaret Hospital where he served as a Consultant and Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and also as Deputy Chief of Staff.
Minnis was president of the Medical Association of The Bahamas, member of the Medical Council, chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas and an associate lecturer at the University of West Indies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He has a special interest and dedication to the promotion of Bahamian ownership in the economy and for the redevelopment of traditional Over-the-Hill communities.
Minnis was first elected to Parliament in May 2007 and was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Health.
Minnis is married to Patricia Beneby and is also the father of three children.
With only nine members in his delegation, Minnis had a rocky road ahead. His leadership was considered weak and there were several challenges to it. In December 2016, five members went to the Governor General and asked that he be removed from the helm of the FNM; although he remained as the leader of the party, Loretta Butler-Turner became the official Leader of the Opposition.
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