Former Governor-Generals


Governor

Sir John Warburtorn Paul, GCMG, OBE, MC served as the last Royal Governor and as the first Governor-General of The Bahamas - 1972-1973

 

Governors-General

Sir Milo Boughton Butler, GCMG, GCVO:
August 1st, 1973 - January 22nd, 1979

Sir Gerald Christopher Cash, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, JP:
September 24th, 1979 - June 25th, 1988 (acted September 2nd, 1976 - September 23rd, 1979

Sir Henry Milton Taylor, Kt., JP:
March 1st, 1991 - January 1st, 1992 (acted June 26th, 1988 - February 29th, 1991)

Sir Clifford Darling, GCVO, JP:
January 2nd, 1992 - January 2nd, 1995

Sir Orville Turnquest, GCMG, QC, JP. LL.B:
January 3rd, 1995 - November 12th, 2001

Dame Ivy L. Dumont, DCMG, JP:
January 1st, 2002 - November 30th, 2005 (acted November 13th, 2001 - December 31st, 2001)

His Excellency the Honourable Arthur D. Hanna:
February 1st, 2006 - April 14th, 2010

Sir Arthur Foulkes, GCMG:
April 14th, 2010 - July 8th, 2014

Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, GCMG:
July 8th, 2014 to June 28th, 2019

 

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