Perry Christie
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The Right Honourable Perry Christie MP |
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| 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas | |
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Assumed office 8 May 2012 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Arthur Foulkes Marguerite Pindling |
| Deputy | Philip Davis |
| Preceded by | Hubert Ingraham |
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In office 6 June 2005 – 4 May 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Ivy Dumont Paul Adderley (Acting) Arthur Dion Hanna |
| Deputy | Cynthia Pratt |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Pratt (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Ingraham |
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In office 3 May 2002 – 4 May 2005 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Ivy Dumont |
| Deputy | Cynthia Pratt |
| Preceded by | Hubert Ingraham |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Pratt (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Perry Gladstone Christie 21 August 1943 Nassau, Bahamas |
| Political party | Progressive Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bernadette Hanna |
| Alma mater |
University of Birmingham City Law School |
Perry Gladstone Christie (born 21 August 1943), PC, MP, is a Bahamian politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Bahamas since May 2012; previously he was Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian, representing the Centreville constituency since 1977. He is also a former athlete. His Progressive Liberal Party is the governing party and the oldest Bahamian political party, holding a solid majority government of 30 of 38 seats in the Bahamian Parliament. Christie was sworn into office on 8 May 2012.
Christie’s athletic skills developed as a membS at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston in 1962, when he won a bronze medal in the triple jump. Christie was a student at the Eastern SeniorDFSF School in New Providence, the University Tutorial College, Inner Temple in London and the University of Birmingham (lawFGD degree with honours 1969).
Christie is believed to have been the youngest Bahamian ever appointed to the Senate. Named as a Senator by Prime Minister Lynden Pindling in November 1974, Christie served in that capacity until June 1977. In January 1977 he was appointed chairman of the Gaming Board, which regulates casinos in The Bahamas.
Receiving the PLP’s nomination for the Centreville constituency in the 1977 general election, Christie was elected Member of Parliament for that constituency, and shortly afterward appointed Minister of Health and National Insurance. During the June 1982 general election, he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Centreville, and was once again appointed to the Prime Minister’s Cabinet, but as Minister of Tourism.
A dynamic Minister, Christie moved tourism in The Bahamas to new heights. In 1984, however, he was dismissed from the Cabinet, and during the 1987 general election ran as an independent candidate. He retained his seat in the Centreville constituency. Three years later – in March 1990 – Christie returned to the fold of the Progressive Liberal Party, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Industry by the Prime Minister. Christie’s ministerial responsibilities included the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade and Industry; mining, geological surveys, petroleum, fuel, oils and petrochemicals, industries encouragement, manufacturing, relations with The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation, relations with The Bahamas National Trust, Andros reef and blue holes, and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Co-operatives.
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