This is a list of Prime Ministers and other Heads of Government of the Bahamas.

Office of the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of the Bahamas is the head of the government of the Bahamas. He is also the Minister of Finance and the Member of Parliament (MP) for New Providence and North Abaco. Duties of the Prime Minister include:

1. the Grand Bahama Port Authority
2. the Public Utilities Commission
3. City of Nassau revitalisation project
4. Industrial and hotel encouragement
5. Bahamas Information Services
6. National Economic Council
7. Promotion and facilitation of investment
8. Development in the Family Islands

Agencies under the prime minister include:

• Department of Lands and Surveys

1. Lands and Surveying
2. Acquiring Land

• Department of Local Government

1. Relations with Local Government Agencies
2. Local improvement associations

List of Heads of Government (1955-Present)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political Affiliation
			Took Office	Left Office
Chief Minister of The Bahama Islands (1955–1964)
1	Roland Theodore Symonette Roland Theodore Symonette Sir Roland Theodore Symonette achieved high office as a Bahamian political figure.Roland "Pop" Symonette was born on the small island settlement of Current, Eleuthera...		1955	7 January 1964	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...
Premiers of The Bahama Islands (1964–1967)
(1)	Roland Theodore Symonette Roland Theodore Symonette Sir Roland Theodore Symonette achieved high office as a Bahamian political figure.Roland "Pop" Symonette was born on the small island settlement of Current, Eleuthera...		7 January 1964	16 January 1967	United Bahamian Party United Bahamian Party The United Bahamian Party was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967...
2	Lynden Oscar Pindling		16 January 1967	1969	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahama Islands (1969–1973)
(1)	Lynden Oscar Pindling		1969	10 July 1973	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....
Prime Ministers of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (1973–Present)
(1)	Lynden Oscar Pindling		10 July 1973	21 August 1992	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....
2	Hubert Alexander Ingraham		21 August 1992	3 May 2002	Free National Movement Free National Movement The Free National Movement is a socially liberal and economically conservative political party in The Bahamas. It is currently the ruling party, winning 23 of the 41 seats in the Bahamas House of Assembly on May 2, 2007; two of these seats are currently being contested in Electorial Court by the...
3	Perry Gladstone Christie		3 May 2002	4 May 2007	Progressive Liberal Party Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas commonly abbreviated PLP. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum....
(2)	Hubert Alexander Ingraham		4 May 2007	Incumbent	Free National Movement Free National Movement The Free National Movement is a socially liberal and economically conservative political party in The Bahamas. It is currently the ruling party, winning 23 of the 41 seats in the Bahamas House of Assembly on May 2, 2007; two of these seats are currently being contested in Electorial Court by the...

Deputy Prime Ministers

• Frank Watson 1992–2002
• Cynthia A. Pratt
  Cynthia A. Pratt
  Hon. Cynthia A. "Mother" Pratt is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas. She attained the office when the Progressive Liberal Party came to power in the national elections of 2002....
  
   2002–2007
• Brent Symonette
  Brent Symonette
  Brent Symonette is a prominent Bahamian businessman, a Member of Parliament for the St. Annes constituency, and the current Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas. He is a member of the Free National Movement ....
  
  2007–Present

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org/
• http://www.hk-bahamas.de/en/parties.php
• http://www.politicalresources.net/bahamas.htm
• Guinness Book of Kings Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd