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Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governors general
- Arthur Foulkes , Marguerite Pindling
- Deputy
- Philip Davis
- Preceded by
- Hubert Ingraham
- Succeeded by
- Hubert Minnis
- Governor general
- Ivy Dumont
- Born
- Perry Gladstone Christie , ( 1943-08-21 ) 21 August 1943 (age 82) , Nassau, Bahamas
- Party
- PLP
- Spouse
- Bernadette Hanna
- Alma mater
- University of Birmingham , City Law School
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Perry
- Family name
- Christie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- The Bahamas
- Place of birth
- Nassau
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- University of Birmingham
- Political party
- Progressive Liberal Party
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Image
- Perry Christie January 2015.jpg
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- Perry Christie
- date of birth
- 1943-08-21
- birth name
- Perry Gladstone Christie
- name in native language
- Perry Gladstone Christie
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- Perry Christie
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Encyclopedic overview
Perry Gladstone Christie PC, MP (born 21 August 1943) is a Bahamian former politician who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017. He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian (behind Sir Roland Symonette who was first elected to parliament in 1925 and served until 1977), representing the Centreville constituency from 1977 to 2017. He is also a former athlete. His Progressive Liberal Party is the oldest Bahamian political party, holding solid majorities in the Bahamian Parliament several times in its long history.
Political career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Perry Christie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.