| |||||||||
List of Heads of Government of the Bahamas
Affiliations:-
FNM = Free National Movement (center-right, conservative)
PLP = Progressive Liberal Party (center-left, liberal)
AIM = Abaco Independence Movement (Abaco Island regionalist, white, separatist to 1974)
BUP = Bahamas United Party
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| 1955 to 1959 | Roland T. Symonette, Chief Minister | BUP | |
| 1959 to 7 January 1964 | Sir Roland T. Symonette, Prime Minister | BUP | |
| Self-Government | |||
| 7 January 1964 to 16 January 1967 | Sir Roland T. Symonette, Prime Minister | BUP | nickname: Pop Symonette |
| 16 January 1967 to 1969 | Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister | PLP | |
| The Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands | |||
| 1969 to 10 July 1973 | Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister | PLP | |
| 10 July 1973 | Independence as The Commonwealth of The Bahamas | ||
| 10 July 1973 to 1983 | Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister | PLP | |
| 1983 to 21 August 1992 | Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister | PLP | |
| 21 August 1992 to 3 May 2002 | Hubert Alexander Ingraham, Prime Minister | FNM | |
| 3 May 2002 to present | Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister | BUP | |
See also:-